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The Catalan numbers have no forbidden residue modulo primes

Number Theory 2017-03-09 v1

Abstract

Let CnC_n be the nnth Catalan number. For any prime p5p \geq 5 we show that the set {Cn:nN}\{C_n : n \in \mathbb{N} \} contains all residues mod pp. In addition all residues are attained infinitely often. Any positive integer can be expressed as the product of central binomial coefficients modulo pp. The directed sub-graph of the automata for CnmodpC_n \mod p consisting of the constant states and transitions between them has a cycle which visits all vertices.

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@article{arxiv.1703.02705,
  title  = {The Catalan numbers have no forbidden residue modulo primes},
  author = {Rob Burns},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.02705},
  year   = {2017}
}

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