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Mean Divisibility of Multinomial coefficients

Number Theory 2013-12-09 v3

Abstract

Let m_1,...,m_s be positive integers. Consider the sequence defined by multinomial coefficients: a_n=\binom{(m_1+m_2+... +m_s)n}{m_1 n, m_2 n,..., m_s n}. Fix a positive integer k\ge 2. We show that there exists a positive integer C(k) such that \frac{\prod_{n=1}^t a_{kn}}{\prod_{n=1}^t a_n} \in \frac 1{C(k)} \Z for all positive integer t, if and only if GCD(m_1,...,m_s)=1.

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@article{arxiv.1212.3750,
  title  = {Mean Divisibility of Multinomial coefficients},
  author = {Shigeki Akiyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.3750},
  year   = {2013}
}

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To appear in Journal of Number Theory

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