Remark on Pascal's Triangle
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2024-05-28 v2
Abstract
Through a series of elementary exercises, we explain the fractal structure of Pascal's triangle when written modulo using an 1852 theorem due to Kummer: A prime divides if and only if there is a carry in the addition when written in base .
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@article{arxiv.2405.13060,
title = {Remark on Pascal's Triangle},
author = {Chaim Goodman-Strauss},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.13060},
year = {2024}
}
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