31. Find the greatest common divisor of the binomial coefficients .
Solution
31. When is a prime, the greatest common divisor is ; in other cases, it is . For the case , prove that , and . Otherwise, use proof by contradiction. If the greatest common divisor , let . Since , we can set , and prove that , leading to a contradiction.
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