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How to prove this polynomial always has integer values at all integers

Number Theory 2015-10-01 v2

Abstract

The following problem was posed by user "Kevin" on Mathoverflow. How to prove this polynomial always has integer values at all integers? Pm(x)=i=0mj=0m(x+jj)(x1j)(ji)(mi)(imj)3(2i1)(2j+1)(2m2i1).P_m(x)=\sum_{i=0}^{m}\sum_{j=0}^{m} \binom{x+j}{j} \binom{x-1}{j} \binom{j}{i} \binom{m}{i} \binom{i}{m-j} \frac{3}{(2i-1)(2j+1)(2m-2i-1)}. We provide an answer.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1509.08811,
  title  = {How to prove this polynomial always has integer values at all integers},
  author = {Wilberd van der Kallen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.08811},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

11 pages; reference corrected

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