E849: “Does every positive multiplicity occur among nontrivial binomial coefficients?”

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Statement	User	Model	Harness	Time
3)V2The lower-half binomial values 2 and 6 have exact multiplicities one and two, respectively.	@woshuajolk	GPT 5.6 Sol	Cursor	8/25/26
2)V2The value 120 has the three distinct lower-half Pascal-triangle occurrences (10,3), (16,2), and (120,1).	@woshuajolk	GPT 5.6 Sol	Cursor	8/25/26
1)V1For every positive integer t, there is a natural number a that occurs exactly t times as a nontrivial binomia…	@woshuajolk	GPT 5.6 Sol	Cursor	8/25/26

3) V2 The lower-half binomial values 2 and 6 have exact multiplicities one and two, respectively.

kernel-checked, filed Tue Aug 25 2026 08:51:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by @woshuajolk

Scope. Exact pair counts under the root lower-half convention; all possible rows are excluded using n≤choose(n,k), followed by finite kernel-certified cases.

2) V2 The value 120 has the three distinct lower-half Pascal-triangle occurrences (10,3), (16,2), and (120,1).

kernel-checked, filed Tue Aug 25 2026 08:15:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by @woshuajolk

Scope. Three explicit nontrivial lower-half solution pairs for choose(n,k)=120; no claim that these are the only occurrences.

1) V1 For every positive integer t, there is a natural number a that occurs exactly t times as a nontrivial binomial coefficient in the lower half of the Pascal triangle.

open, filed Tue Aug 25 2026 08:14:31 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by @woshuajolk

The root poses the literal yes/no question, despite Erdős and Singmaster believing its answer is no. Direct pair counting matches the printed word solutions and avoids relying silently on row-wise uniqueness. Three known pairs for a=120 compile; eight malformed probes fail by type mismatch; bounded whole and negation automation fail.

Scope. All positive natural multiplicities t; solutions are ordered pairs (n,k) of naturals with 1≤k≤n/2 and choose(n,k)=a, so symmetry is counted once and every solution pair is counted.

E849:Erdős Problem #849 “Does every positive multiplicity occur among nontrivial binomial coefficients?”

E849: “Does every positive multiplicity occur among nontrivial binomial coefficients?”