Cycles of binomial coefficients

A. G. Shannon
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, ISSN 1310-5132
Volume 14, 2008, Number 3, Pages 19—24
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A. G. Shannon
Warrane College, The University of New South Wales, Kensington 1465, &
Raffles College, 99 Mount Street, North Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia

Absrtacts

This paper considers some properties of rising and falling factorials by analogy with some classic results in number theory for cycles of binomial coefficients.

Keywords

  • Rising and falling factorials
  • Binomial coefficients
  • Legendre polynomial

AMS Classification

  • 11B65
  • 11B39
  • 05A30

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Shannon A. G. (2008). Cycles of binomial coefficients. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 14(3), 19-24.

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