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 modulo p^2 in terms of Lucas numbers, the fundamental unit and the class number of E, where (d/c) is the Kronecker symbol.
Cite
@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