Sylvester's Theorem and the Non-integrality of a certain Binomial Sum

Abstract

In this note, we show that $S(n,r):={\sum }_{k=0}^n\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{n}{k}\right)\frac{k}{k+r}$ is not an integer for any positive integer $n$ and $r\in \{1,2,3,4,5,6\}$ and for $n\le r-1$. This gives a partial answer to a conjecture of [3].

arXiv commentTitle corrected; comments are welcome. Typos corrected. To appear in Fibonacci Quarterly

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