It is conjectured that the sum $$ S_r(n)=\sum_{k=1}^{n} \frac{k}{k+r}\binom{n}{k} $$ for positive integers $r,n$ is never integral. This has been shown for $r\le 22$. In this note we study the problem in the ``$n$ aspect" showing that the set of $n$ such that $S_r(n)\in {\mathbb Z}$ for some $r\ge 1$ has asymptotic density $0$. Our principal tools are some deep results on the distribution of primes in short intervals
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Abstract. For each positive integer n, let s(n) denote the sum of the proper divisors of n. If s(n)&...
AbstractLet a, b, k be non-zero integers. Then the set of pairs of exponents (m, n), m ≧ 1, n ≧ 1, f...
AbstractGiven a positive integer l, this paper establishes the existence of constants η > 1 and δ > ...
http://www.math.missouri.edu/~bbanks/papers/index.htmlLet '(•) and _(•) denote the Euler function an...
AbstractSelberg has shown on the basis of the Riemann hypothesis that for every ε > 0 most intervals...
AbstractK. Thanigasalam has shown that for any positive integer k the sequence of positive integers ...
A well known conjecture about the distribution of primes asserts that between two consecutive squar...
AbstractWinkler has proved that, if n and m are positive integers with n ≤ m ≤ n25 and m ≡ n (mod 2)...
Let $v\geq 2$ be a fixed integer, and let $x \geq 1$ be a large number. The exact asymptotic countin...
We prove that the density of integers ≡2 (mod 24), which can be represented as the sum of two square...
AbstractWe prove that the density of integers ≡2 (mod24), which can be represented as the sum of two...
Given positive integers a1,…,aka1,…,ak, we prove that the set of primes p such that p≢1 mod ai for ...
For any prime number p, let Jp be the set of positive integers n such that p divides the numerator o...
AbstractLetΓbe a finitely generated subgroup of Q* with rankr. We study the size of the order |Γp| o...
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2009.04.003Let g ...
Abstract. For each positive integer n, let s(n) denote the sum of the proper divisors of n. If s(n)&...
AbstractLet a, b, k be non-zero integers. Then the set of pairs of exponents (m, n), m ≧ 1, n ≧ 1, f...
AbstractGiven a positive integer l, this paper establishes the existence of constants η > 1 and δ > ...