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Suppose $binom{n}{k}=binom{n'}{k'}$ with $k geq 2$, $k' geq 2$, $n geq 2k$ and $n' geq 2k'$. Does it follow that $n=n'$ and $k=k'$?



EDIT: Yup, $binom{16}{2}=binom{10}{3}=120$.



Now I want to ask if there are infinitely many such pairs, but I should probably ask that in a separate question. Thanks!



EDIT 2: for future reference, yes there are infinitely many such coincidences. See Singmaster's Conjecture.






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    Rephrased: "Are there numbers in Pascal's triangle that are equal, apart from the obvious right-left symmetry?" I haven't checked, but I am convinced that there are quite a few.
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Suppose $binom{n}{k}=binom{n'}{k'}$ with $k geq 2$, $k' geq 2$, $n geq 2k$ and $n' geq 2k'$. Does it follow that $n=n'$ and $k=k'$?



EDIT: Yup, $binom{16}{2}=binom{10}{3}=120$.



Now I want to ask if there are infinitely many such pairs, but I should probably ask that in a separate question. Thanks!



EDIT 2: for future reference, yes there are infinitely many such coincidences. See Singmaster's Conjecture.






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  • $begingroup$
    Rephrased: "Are there numbers in Pascal's triangle that are equal, apart from the obvious right-left symmetry?" I haven't checked, but I am convinced that there are quite a few.
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    – Arthur
    Nov 25 '11 at 7:01








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    A related question on MO: mathoverflow.net/questions/17058/factorials-in-pascals-triangle
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Suppose $binom{n}{k}=binom{n'}{k'}$ with $k geq 2$, $k' geq 2$, $n geq 2k$ and $n' geq 2k'$. Does it follow that $n=n'$ and $k=k'$?



EDIT: Yup, $binom{16}{2}=binom{10}{3}=120$.



Now I want to ask if there are infinitely many such pairs, but I should probably ask that in a separate question. Thanks!



EDIT 2: for future reference, yes there are infinitely many such coincidences. See Singmaster's Conjecture.






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Suppose $binom{n}{k}=binom{n'}{k'}$ with $k geq 2$, $k' geq 2$, $n geq 2k$ and $n' geq 2k'$. Does it follow that $n=n'$ and $k=k'$?



EDIT: Yup, $binom{16}{2}=binom{10}{3}=120$.



Now I want to ask if there are infinitely many such pairs, but I should probably ask that in a separate question. Thanks!



EDIT 2: for future reference, yes there are infinitely many such coincidences. See Singmaster's Conjecture.






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  • $begingroup$
    Rephrased: "Are there numbers in Pascal's triangle that are equal, apart from the obvious right-left symmetry?" I haven't checked, but I am convinced that there are quite a few.
    $endgroup$
    – Arthur
    Nov 25 '11 at 7:01








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    $begingroup$
    A related question on MO: mathoverflow.net/questions/17058/factorials-in-pascals-triangle
    $endgroup$
    – KCd
    Nov 25 '11 at 7:29


















  • $begingroup$
    Rephrased: "Are there numbers in Pascal's triangle that are equal, apart from the obvious right-left symmetry?" I haven't checked, but I am convinced that there are quite a few.
    $endgroup$
    – Arthur
    Nov 25 '11 at 7:01








  • 3




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    A related question on MO: mathoverflow.net/questions/17058/factorials-in-pascals-triangle
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    – KCd
    Nov 25 '11 at 7:29
















$begingroup$
Rephrased: "Are there numbers in Pascal's triangle that are equal, apart from the obvious right-left symmetry?" I haven't checked, but I am convinced that there are quite a few.
$endgroup$
– Arthur
Nov 25 '11 at 7:01






$begingroup$
Rephrased: "Are there numbers in Pascal's triangle that are equal, apart from the obvious right-left symmetry?" I haven't checked, but I am convinced that there are quite a few.
$endgroup$
– Arthur
Nov 25 '11 at 7:01






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A related question on MO: mathoverflow.net/questions/17058/factorials-in-pascals-triangle
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There are one or two (nontrivial) choices of $(m,n)$ where $binom{n}{2} = binom{m}{3}$. Comparing the sequences on OEIS might be faster than coming up with the correct words to find it in a search engine.



Edit: 120 is in both sequences, with $m=10$ and $n=16$. In OEIS the list of triangular numbers ( http://oeis.org/A000217 ) and tetrahedral numbers ( http://oeis.org/A000292 ) shows that there are no other small examples and I am pretty sure that this pair is known to be the largest integer solution of $3y(y-1)=x(x-1)(x-2)$, and that this was first proved in an elementary way that does not use the theory of elliptic curves.






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    $$
    binom{3003}{1} = binom{78}{2} = binom{15}{5} = binom{14}{6}.
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    Nobody knows whether any number besides 3003 appears at least eight times in Pascal's triangle.






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      Let $f(t)$ be the number of ways in which $t$ can be written as a binomial coefficient. Then the question can be restated equivalently as asking whether $f(t) leqslant 2$ for all $t$. As the other answers point out, there are numerous counterexamples to this strong claim.



      It is however likely that a weaker form of this statement is true. Singmaster's conjecture states that there exists some $M lt infty$ such that $f(t) leqslant M$ for all $t$. This is still open. The best known upper bound, due to D. Kane, is $$f(t) = O left(frac{(log t) cdot (log log log t) }{(log log t)^3} right) .$$ On the other hand, it is consistent with our current knowledge that $f(t)$ never exceeds $8$.



      Reference: This MO post by Michael Hardy asks for recent progress on this problem.






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        10-choose-4 = 21-choose-2.${}{}{}{}$






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          Did you mean to write $binom{10}{4} = binom{21}{2}$ ?
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        $$binom{10}{3}=binom{16}{2}.$$






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          There are one or two (nontrivial) choices of $(m,n)$ where $binom{n}{2} = binom{m}{3}$. Comparing the sequences on OEIS might be faster than coming up with the correct words to find it in a search engine.



          Edit: 120 is in both sequences, with $m=10$ and $n=16$. In OEIS the list of triangular numbers ( http://oeis.org/A000217 ) and tetrahedral numbers ( http://oeis.org/A000292 ) shows that there are no other small examples and I am pretty sure that this pair is known to be the largest integer solution of $3y(y-1)=x(x-1)(x-2)$, and that this was first proved in an elementary way that does not use the theory of elliptic curves.






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            $begingroup$

            There are one or two (nontrivial) choices of $(m,n)$ where $binom{n}{2} = binom{m}{3}$. Comparing the sequences on OEIS might be faster than coming up with the correct words to find it in a search engine.



            Edit: 120 is in both sequences, with $m=10$ and $n=16$. In OEIS the list of triangular numbers ( http://oeis.org/A000217 ) and tetrahedral numbers ( http://oeis.org/A000292 ) shows that there are no other small examples and I am pretty sure that this pair is known to be the largest integer solution of $3y(y-1)=x(x-1)(x-2)$, and that this was first proved in an elementary way that does not use the theory of elliptic curves.






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              $begingroup$

              There are one or two (nontrivial) choices of $(m,n)$ where $binom{n}{2} = binom{m}{3}$. Comparing the sequences on OEIS might be faster than coming up with the correct words to find it in a search engine.



              Edit: 120 is in both sequences, with $m=10$ and $n=16$. In OEIS the list of triangular numbers ( http://oeis.org/A000217 ) and tetrahedral numbers ( http://oeis.org/A000292 ) shows that there are no other small examples and I am pretty sure that this pair is known to be the largest integer solution of $3y(y-1)=x(x-1)(x-2)$, and that this was first proved in an elementary way that does not use the theory of elliptic curves.






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              There are one or two (nontrivial) choices of $(m,n)$ where $binom{n}{2} = binom{m}{3}$. Comparing the sequences on OEIS might be faster than coming up with the correct words to find it in a search engine.



              Edit: 120 is in both sequences, with $m=10$ and $n=16$. In OEIS the list of triangular numbers ( http://oeis.org/A000217 ) and tetrahedral numbers ( http://oeis.org/A000292 ) shows that there are no other small examples and I am pretty sure that this pair is known to be the largest integer solution of $3y(y-1)=x(x-1)(x-2)$, and that this was first proved in an elementary way that does not use the theory of elliptic curves.







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                  $$
                  binom{3003}{1} = binom{78}{2} = binom{15}{5} = binom{14}{6}.
                  $$



                  Nobody knows whether any number besides 3003 appears at least eight times in Pascal's triangle.






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                    $$
                    binom{3003}{1} = binom{78}{2} = binom{15}{5} = binom{14}{6}.
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                    Nobody knows whether any number besides 3003 appears at least eight times in Pascal's triangle.






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                      $$
                      binom{3003}{1} = binom{78}{2} = binom{15}{5} = binom{14}{6}.
                      $$



                      Nobody knows whether any number besides 3003 appears at least eight times in Pascal's triangle.






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                      $$
                      binom{3003}{1} = binom{78}{2} = binom{15}{5} = binom{14}{6}.
                      $$



                      Nobody knows whether any number besides 3003 appears at least eight times in Pascal's triangle.







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                          Let $f(t)$ be the number of ways in which $t$ can be written as a binomial coefficient. Then the question can be restated equivalently as asking whether $f(t) leqslant 2$ for all $t$. As the other answers point out, there are numerous counterexamples to this strong claim.



                          It is however likely that a weaker form of this statement is true. Singmaster's conjecture states that there exists some $M lt infty$ such that $f(t) leqslant M$ for all $t$. This is still open. The best known upper bound, due to D. Kane, is $$f(t) = O left(frac{(log t) cdot (log log log t) }{(log log t)^3} right) .$$ On the other hand, it is consistent with our current knowledge that $f(t)$ never exceeds $8$.



                          Reference: This MO post by Michael Hardy asks for recent progress on this problem.






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                            $begingroup$

                            Let $f(t)$ be the number of ways in which $t$ can be written as a binomial coefficient. Then the question can be restated equivalently as asking whether $f(t) leqslant 2$ for all $t$. As the other answers point out, there are numerous counterexamples to this strong claim.



                            It is however likely that a weaker form of this statement is true. Singmaster's conjecture states that there exists some $M lt infty$ such that $f(t) leqslant M$ for all $t$. This is still open. The best known upper bound, due to D. Kane, is $$f(t) = O left(frac{(log t) cdot (log log log t) }{(log log t)^3} right) .$$ On the other hand, it is consistent with our current knowledge that $f(t)$ never exceeds $8$.



                            Reference: This MO post by Michael Hardy asks for recent progress on this problem.






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                              Let $f(t)$ be the number of ways in which $t$ can be written as a binomial coefficient. Then the question can be restated equivalently as asking whether $f(t) leqslant 2$ for all $t$. As the other answers point out, there are numerous counterexamples to this strong claim.



                              It is however likely that a weaker form of this statement is true. Singmaster's conjecture states that there exists some $M lt infty$ such that $f(t) leqslant M$ for all $t$. This is still open. The best known upper bound, due to D. Kane, is $$f(t) = O left(frac{(log t) cdot (log log log t) }{(log log t)^3} right) .$$ On the other hand, it is consistent with our current knowledge that $f(t)$ never exceeds $8$.



                              Reference: This MO post by Michael Hardy asks for recent progress on this problem.






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                              Let $f(t)$ be the number of ways in which $t$ can be written as a binomial coefficient. Then the question can be restated equivalently as asking whether $f(t) leqslant 2$ for all $t$. As the other answers point out, there are numerous counterexamples to this strong claim.



                              It is however likely that a weaker form of this statement is true. Singmaster's conjecture states that there exists some $M lt infty$ such that $f(t) leqslant M$ for all $t$. This is still open. The best known upper bound, due to D. Kane, is $$f(t) = O left(frac{(log t) cdot (log log log t) }{(log log t)^3} right) .$$ On the other hand, it is consistent with our current knowledge that $f(t)$ never exceeds $8$.



                              Reference: This MO post by Michael Hardy asks for recent progress on this problem.







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                                    Did you mean to write $binom{10}{4} = binom{21}{2}$ ?
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                                    Trying to guess what you meant, since it obviously isn't $binom{10}{2}=binom{21}{4}$...
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                                    ${10choose 4} = {21 choose 2}$
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                                    Oops. Miscopied from my source. Thanks for spotting the error and figuring out what I meant.
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                                    @Gerry I took the liberty to correct the typo. Hope it's ok. Regards,
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                                    Did you mean to write $binom{10}{4} = binom{21}{2}$ ?
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Sasha
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                                    $begingroup$
                                    Trying to guess what you meant, since it obviously isn't $binom{10}{2}=binom{21}{4}$...
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Alon Amit
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 7:01










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    ${10choose 4} = {21 choose 2}$
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chris Taylor
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 7:02






                                  • 1




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                                    Oops. Miscopied from my source. Thanks for spotting the error and figuring out what I meant.
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                                    – Gerry Myerson
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 10:13










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    @Gerry I took the liberty to correct the typo. Hope it's ok. Regards,
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                                    – Srivatsan
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 13:42
















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                                  • $begingroup$
                                    Did you mean to write $binom{10}{4} = binom{21}{2}$ ?
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Sasha
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 6:59






                                  • 1




                                    $begingroup$
                                    Trying to guess what you meant, since it obviously isn't $binom{10}{2}=binom{21}{4}$...
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Alon Amit
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 7:01










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    ${10choose 4} = {21 choose 2}$
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chris Taylor
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 7:02






                                  • 1




                                    $begingroup$
                                    Oops. Miscopied from my source. Thanks for spotting the error and figuring out what I meant.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Gerry Myerson
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 10:13










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    @Gerry I took the liberty to correct the typo. Hope it's ok. Regards,
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Srivatsan
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 13:42




















                                  • $begingroup$
                                    Did you mean to write $binom{10}{4} = binom{21}{2}$ ?
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Sasha
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 6:59






                                  • 1




                                    $begingroup$
                                    Trying to guess what you meant, since it obviously isn't $binom{10}{2}=binom{21}{4}$...
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Alon Amit
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 7:01










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    ${10choose 4} = {21 choose 2}$
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Chris Taylor
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 7:02






                                  • 1




                                    $begingroup$
                                    Oops. Miscopied from my source. Thanks for spotting the error and figuring out what I meant.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Gerry Myerson
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 10:13










                                  • $begingroup$
                                    @Gerry I took the liberty to correct the typo. Hope it's ok. Regards,
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Srivatsan
                                    Nov 25 '11 at 13:42


















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                                  Did you mean to write $binom{10}{4} = binom{21}{2}$ ?
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                                  – Sasha
                                  Nov 25 '11 at 6:59




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                                  Did you mean to write $binom{10}{4} = binom{21}{2}$ ?
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                                  – Sasha
                                  Nov 25 '11 at 6:59




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                                  Trying to guess what you meant, since it obviously isn't $binom{10}{2}=binom{21}{4}$...
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                                  – Alon Amit
                                  Nov 25 '11 at 7:01




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                                  Trying to guess what you meant, since it obviously isn't $binom{10}{2}=binom{21}{4}$...
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                                  ${10choose 4} = {21 choose 2}$
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                                  – Chris Taylor
                                  Nov 25 '11 at 7:02




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                                  ${10choose 4} = {21 choose 2}$
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                                  – Chris Taylor
                                  Nov 25 '11 at 7:02




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                                  Oops. Miscopied from my source. Thanks for spotting the error and figuring out what I meant.
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                                  – Gerry Myerson
                                  Nov 25 '11 at 10:13




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                                  Oops. Miscopied from my source. Thanks for spotting the error and figuring out what I meant.
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                                  @Gerry I took the liberty to correct the typo. Hope it's ok. Regards,
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                                  – Srivatsan
                                  Nov 25 '11 at 13:42






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                                  @Gerry I took the liberty to correct the typo. Hope it's ok. Regards,
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                                  $$binom{10}{3}=binom{16}{2}.$$






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