Infinite families of solutions of the equation $\binom {n}{k}=2\binom {a}{b}$
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Abstract:
We give explicit formulas providing two new infinite families of couples of binomial coefficients whose ratio is 2.References
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Additional Information
- P. Goetgheluck
- Affiliation: Université de Paris-Sud, Mathématiques, Bat 425, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- Email: goetghe@iut-orsay.fr
- Received by editor(s): May 29, 1996
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: October 7, 1996
- © Copyright 1998 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Math. Comp. 67 (1998), 1727-1733
- MSC (1991): Primary 11B65, 11Y50, 11B37
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-98-01002-3
- MathSciNet review: 1604328