No two quotients of normalized binomial mid-coefficients are equal (Q914730)

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No two quotients of normalized binomial mid-coefficients are equal
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    No two quotients of normalized binomial mid-coefficients are equal (English)
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    Let \(\mu_ n=2^{-2n}\left( \begin{matrix} 2n\\ n\end{matrix} \right)\) for the integer \(n\geq 0\). It is proved in this paper that the diophantine equation \(\mu_ q/\mu_ p=\mu_ s/\mu_ r\) has only the trivial solutions \((p,q)=(r,s)\) and \((p,r)=(q,s)\).
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    binomial coefficients
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    diophantine equation in four variables
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    eigenvalues of Liouville's integral operator
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    planar circular disc of radius one
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