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arxiv: 1809.03365 · v1 · pith:I76GH7MZnew · submitted 2018-09-10 · 🧮 math.NT

Integer ratios of consecutive alternating power sums

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keywords alternatingconsecutivedotsintegerpowersumscharacterizationfrac
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We give a characterization of all pairs $(k,n)$ of positive integers for which the ratio $$ \frac{1^k-2^k+3^k-\dots+(-1)^{n+1} n^k}{1^k-2^k+3^k-\dots+(-1)^{n}(n-1)^k} $$ of two consecutive alternating power sums is an integer.

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