A new combinatorial identity

We prove a combinatorial identity which arose from considering the relation rp(x,y,z)=(x+y−z)p−(xp+yp−zp) in connection with Fermat's last theorem.

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Main Authors: Joseph Sinyor, Ted Speevak, Akalu Tefera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2001-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171201005361
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