Integer ratios of consecutive alternating power sums
classification
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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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