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simple math problem
By Gaajvi, history, 11 years ago, In English

here is problem about binomial coefficients someone can help me?

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There is a discussion page on every HackerRank problem. I suggest you to read it first as it gives some useful hints.

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you can start by solving a special case of it problem on project euler hint1 : plot pascal's triangle mod p hint2 : fractal/Sierpinski triangle

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    also there is another solution which doesn't use the geometric interpretation of the problem (how I solved the problem) and it goes as follows :

    `It is possible to show that if p is prime, choose(m, n) is not divisible by p if and only if the addition n + (m-n) when written in base p has no carries.  This means that the number of entries in the mth row of Pascal's triangle that are not divisible by p is equal to the product over all digits d of m written in base p of 1+d.`

    quoted from hyperdex on projecteuler

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