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Putnam 1980 B6

  • Session B

Problem B-6 An infinite array of rational numbers G(d,n)G(d, n) is defined for integers dd and nn with 1⩽d⩽n1 \leqslant d \leqslant n as follows: G(1,n)=1n,G(d,n)=dn∑i=dnG(d−1,i−1) for d>1.G(1, n)=\frac{1}{n}, G(d, n)=\frac{d}{n} \sum_{i=d}^{n} G(d-1, i-1) \text { for } d>1 .

For 1<d⩽p1<d \leqslant p and pp prime, prove that G(d,p)G(d, p) is expressible as a quotient s/ts / t of integers ss and tt with tt not an integral multiple of pp. (For example, G(3,5)=7/4G(3,5)=7 / 4 with the denominator 4 not a multiple of 5 .)

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