Divisibility of binomial coefficients and generation of alternating groups

DOI10.2140/PJM.2018.292.223MaRDI QIDQ2408273zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John Shareshian, Russ Woodroofe

Publication date 12 October 2017

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.05143

zbMATH Keywords

alternating groupbinomial coefficientsgenerationprime density

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Binomial coefficients; factorials; (q)-identities (11B65) Symmetric groups (20B30)

Abstract: We examine an elementary problem on prime divisibility of binomial coefficients. Our problem is motivated by several related questions on alternating groups.

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