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Sylvester's Theorem and the Non-integrality of a certain Binomial Sum

Number Theory 2018-01-30 v3

Abstract

In this note, we show that S(n,r):=k=0n(nk)kk+rS(n,r):=\sum_{k=0}^{n} \binom{n}{k}\frac{k}{k+r} is not an integer for any positive integer nn and r{1,2,3,4,5,6}r\in \{1,2,3,4,5,6\} and for nr1n\le r-1. This gives a partial answer to a conjecture of [3].

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@article{arxiv.1508.02927,
  title  = {Sylvester's Theorem and the Non-integrality of a certain Binomial Sum},
  author = {Daniel López-Aguayo and Florian Luca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.02927},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Title corrected; comments are welcome. Typos corrected. To appear in Fibonacci Quarterly