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JOURNALS // Sibirskie Èlektronnye Matematicheskie Izvestiya [Siberian Electronic Mathematical Reports] // Archive

Sib. Èlektron. Mat. Izv., 2012 Volume 9, Pages 460–463 (Mi semr378)

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Mathematical logic, algebra and number theory

Wolstenholme's theorem for binomial coefficients

A. S. Dzhumadil'daev, D. A. Yeliussizov

Kazakh-British Technical University, Tole be 59, 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Abstract: We prove that the numerator of $\sum_{i=k}^{p-1}\binom{i}{k}^{-1}$ is divisible by $p^2$ for infinitely many primes $p$ if and only if $k=1$.

Keywords: binomial coefficient, Wolstenholme's theorem.

UDC: 511.1

MSC: 11A07

Received February 14, 2012, published October 23, 2012

Language: English



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