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Integer ratios of consecutive alternating power sums

Number Theory 2019-07-16 v1

Abstract

We give a characterization of all pairs (k,n)(k,n) of positive integers for which the ratio 1k2k+3k+(1)n+1nk1k2k+3k+(1)n(n1)k \frac{1^k-2^k+3^k-\dots+(-1)^{n+1} n^k}{1^k-2^k+3^k-\dots+(-1)^{n}(n-1)^k} of two consecutive alternating power sums is an integer.

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@article{arxiv.1809.03365,
  title  = {Integer ratios of consecutive alternating power sums},
  author = {Ioulia N. Baoulina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.03365},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

4 pages; to appear in the Amer. Math. Monthly

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