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Combinatorics Difficulty 5.4 AIME, harder Prove it China

Suppose that kk, ll are two positive integers.
Prove that:
There are infinitely many positive integers mkm \ge k such that (mk)\binom{m}{k} and ll are relatively prime.

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Let m=k+t×l×(k!)m = k + t \times l \times (k!), where tt is any positive integer. To prove that (mk)\binom{m}{k} and ll are relatively prime, we only need to prove that for any prime factor pp of ll, p(mk)p \nmid \binom{m}{k}.

If pk!p \nmid k!, we have
k!(mk)=i=1k(mk+i)=i=1k[i+tl(k!)]=i=1kik!(modp). \begin{aligned} k! \binom{m}{k} &= \prod_{i=1}^{k} (m-k+i) \\ &= \prod_{i=1}^{k} [i + t l (k!)] \\ &= \prod_{i=1}^{k} i \equiv k! \pmod{p}. \end{aligned}
Therefore, p(mk)p \nmid \binom{m}{k}.

If pk!p \mid k!, there exists integer α1\alpha \ge 1 such that pαk!p^\alpha \mid k! but pα+1k!p^{\alpha+1} \nmid k!. Then pα+1l(k!)p^{\alpha+1} \mid l(k!).
We have
k!(mk)=i=1k(mk+i)=i=1k[i+tl(k!)]=i=1kik!(modpα+1). \begin{aligned} k! \binom{m}{k} &= \prod_{i=1}^{k} (m-k+i) \\ &= \prod_{i=1}^{k} [i + t l (k!)] \\ &= \prod_{i=1}^{k} i \equiv k! \pmod{p^{\alpha+1}}. \end{aligned}
Therefore, pαk!(mk)p^\alpha \mid k! \binom{m}{k} and pα+1k!(mk)p^{\alpha+1} \nmid k! \binom{m}{k}. Since pαk!p^\alpha \mid k!, we get p(mk)p \nmid \binom{m}{k}. The proof is completed.

Solution 2

Let m=k+t×l×(k!)zm = k + t \times l \times (k!)^z, where tt is any positive integer. The following proof steps are similar to those in Solution I, and are omitted.

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