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Divisiblity with a binomial

Source: Italy TST 2002

November 9, 2010
modular arithmeticnumber theory unsolvednumber theory

Problem Statement

Prove that for each prime number pp and positive integer nn, pnp^n divides (pnp)−pn−1.\binom{p^n}{p}-p^{n-1}.
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