If
denotes product of all binomial coefficients in
, then the ratio of
to
can be expressed as
where and are positive integers. Fin the minimum value of .
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By the binomial theorem,
π ( n ) = ( 0 n ) ( 1 n ) … ( n n ) = 0 ! 2 1 ! 2 … n ! 2 n ! n + 1
From this, we then know
π ( n ) π ( n + 1 ) = n ! n + 1 ( n + 1 ) ! n + 2 ⋅ 0 ! 2 1 ! 2 … ( n + 1 ) ! 2 0 ! 2 1 ! 2 … n ! 2 = n ! ( n + 1 ) n
Subsituting in n = 2 0 0 1 gives our desired answer of 4 0 0 2 .