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Divisibility of binomial coefficients and generation of alternating groups

John Shareshian, Russ Woodroofe

Published 2015-05-19Version 1

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

Comments: 16 pages, 1 figure; ancillary attachments include computer code and output
Categories: math.CO, math.GR, math.NT
Subjects: 05A10, 05E15, 20B30, 11B65
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