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Infinite families of solutions of the equation $\binom{n}{k}=2\binom{a}{b}$

Author(s): P. Goetgheluck.
Journal: Math. Comp. 67 (1998), 1727-1733.
MSC (1991): Primary 11B65, 11Y50, 11B37
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Abstract: We give explicit formulas providing two new infinite families of couples of binomial coefficients whose ratio is 2.

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P. Goetgheluck
Affiliation: Université de Paris-Sud, Mathématiques, Bat 425, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
Email: goetghe@iut-orsay.fr

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-98-01002-3
PII: S 0025-5718(98)01002-3
Received by editor(s): May 29, 1996
Received by editor(s) in revised form: October 7, 1996
Copyright of article: Copyright 1998, American Mathematical Society

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