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Number of odd binomial coefficients
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 62 (1977), 19-22 Request permission

Abstract:

Let $F(n)$ denote the number of odd numbers in the first n rows of Pascal’s triangle, and $\theta = (\log 3)/\log 2)$. Then $\alpha = \lim \sup F(n)/{n^\theta } = 1$, and $\beta = \lim \inf F(n)/{n^\theta } = 0.812\;556\; \ldots .$
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1977 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 62 (1977), 19-22
  • MSC: Primary 10A20
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0429714-1
  • MathSciNet review: 0429714