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Exercise 2.7.12* ($\binom{mp-1}{p-1} \equiv 1 \pmod{p^3}$, if $p\geq 5$)
Show that if and is a positive integer then .
Answers
I found the idea by considering first the particular case .
Proof. By (2.9),
Then
where, using (1),
Therefore
where , and by (2),
Here , and (see p.96). Since , the Wolstenholme’s congruence shows that . Hence, for all ,
Therefore, using (4),
Since , . This shows that
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