Wednesday, 13 May 2015

All the binomial coefficients $binom{n}{ i}$ are divisible by a prime $p$ only if $n$ is a power of $p$.

I'm looking for a "high school / undergraduate" demonstration for the:



All the binomial coefficients $\binom{n}{i}=\frac{n!}{i!\cdot (n-i)!}$ for all i, $0\lt i \lt n$, are divisible by a prime $p$ only if $n$ is a power of $p.$



There is a "elementary" (good for high school) demonstration of reciprocal here: http://mathhelpforum.com/number-theory/186439-binomial-coefficient.html




And for this part I'm trying to avoid using more advanced tools like the Theorem of Lucas or Kummer.



Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

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