Proof of a conjecture of Amdeberhan and Moll on a divisibility property of binomial coefficients (Q490309)

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Proof of a conjecture of Amdeberhan and Moll on a divisibility property of binomial coefficients
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    Proof of a conjecture of Amdeberhan and Moll on a divisibility property of binomial coefficients (English)
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    22 January 2015
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    Summary: Let \(a,b\) and \(n\) be positive integers with \(a>b\). In this note, we prove that \[ (2bn+1)(2bn+3){2bn \choose bn}\bigg|3(a-b)(3a-b){2an \choose an}{an\choose bn}. \] This confirms a recent conjecture of Amdeberhan and Moll.
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    binomial coefficients
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    \(p\)-adic order
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    divisibility properties
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