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Binomial Coefficients and Quadratic Fields

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let E be a real quadratic field with discriminant d and let p be an odd prime not dividing d. For \rho=1 or -1, we determine 0<c<d,(d/c)=ρbinomialcoeff.p1pc/d\prod_{0<c<d, (d/c)=\rho} binomial coeff.{p-1}{\lfloor pc/d\rfloor} modulo p^2 in terms of Lucas numbers, the fundamental unit and the class number of E, where (d/c) is the Kronecker symbol.

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@article{arxiv.math/0401228,
  title  = {Binomial Coefficients and Quadratic Fields},
  author = {Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0401228},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages; final version, accepted by Proc. AMS