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
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4150270

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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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