How statement and proof provenance work
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For odd prime and ,
Statement
If is an odd prime, , and , then
Facts & Assumptions
Given: An odd prime , an integer , and .
Binomial coefficients count subsets and have their usual boundary values (The set of -element subsets and the binomial coefficient ).
Pascal's rule holds for binomial coefficients (Pascal's rule , and the hockey-stick identity ), and the closed factorial formula holds when the lower index does not exceed the upper one ( for ; hence , the quotient is a natural number, and ).
If a prime divides a product, it divides one factor (Euclid's lemma: if is prime and then or ); a divisor coprime to one factor may be cancelled from a divisibility relation (If and then ; and if , and then ).
Congruence modulo an integer is divisibility of the difference (Congruence modulo an integer: when , including the moduli and ).
Mathematical induction holds on (The principle of mathematical induction).
Proof
Induction on the exponent using [L2] gives the binomial expansion in .
For , the identity follows from [L2]. Since , [L3] implies .
Substitute in step 1.1. For , step 1.2 makes the th term divisible by , hence by ; the final term is divisible by , and because and .
Modulo only the constant and linear terms remain, namely , which is the asserted congruence by [L4].
Depends on
- The set $[A]^{k}$ of $k$-element subsets and the binomial coefficient $\binom{n}{k} := \lvert [n]^{k}\rvert$
- Pascal's rule $\binom{n+1}{k+1} = \binom{n}{k} + \binom{n}{k+1}$, and the hockey-stick identity $\sum_{i \le n}\binom{i}{k} = \binom{n+1}{k+1}$
- $\binom{n}{k}\,k!\,(n-k)! = n!$ for $k \le n$; hence $\binom{n}{k}\,k! = n^{\underline{k}}$, the quotient $n!/(k!(n-k)!)$ is a natural number, and $\binom{n}{k} = \binom{n}{n-k}$
- Euclid's lemma: if $p$ is prime and $p \mid ab$ then $p \mid a$ or $p \mid b$
- If $\gcd(a,b) = 1$ and $a \mid bc$ then $a \mid c$; and if $a \mid c$, $b \mid c$ and $\gcd(a,b) = 1$ then $ab \mid c$
- Congruence modulo an integer: $a\equiv b\pmod n$ when $n\mid(a-b)$, including the moduli $0$ and $1$
- The principle of mathematical induction
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Sources
- Peter Hackman, Elementary Number Theory, Lemma C.IV.5 (standard reference, not scraped)