Bennett half choose scaled catalan
ProvedD1Bound5.bennett_half_choose_scaled_catalandiophantine-tuplesnumber-theory
Exact Catalan formula: multiplying the positive-degree half-binomial coefficient by 4 to its degree gives twice a signed Catalan integer.
Preamble
import Mathlib.Algebra.BigOperators.NatAntidiagonal import Mathlib.Combinatorics.Enumerative.Catalan.Basic import Mathlib.RingTheory.Binomial import Mathlib.Tactic.LinearCombination import Mathlib.Tactic.NormNum
Formal statement
section
open Finset
namespace D1Bound5
/-!
The integer denominator bounds used in the Bennett residue construction.
The rational half-binomial identity is proved from the actual Catalan and
central-binomial identities in mathlib, then transported to every
characteristic-zero field. No coefficient-integrality premise is assumed.
-/
theorem _root_.D1Bound5.bennett_half_choose_scaled_catalan (n : ℕ) :
(4 : ℚ) ^ (n + 1) * Ring.choose (1 / 2 : ℚ) (n + 1) =
(-1 : ℚ) ^ n * 2 * (catalan n : ℚ) := by sorry
end D1Bound5
end
Source
D1Bound5/BennettBinomialIntegrality.lean, lines 40-71, SHA-256 f95293967308ba92e9451def9a6f848adc0cc2ec40690f494052e3d6316f0262. Project: https://github.com/tomislav-math/d1-bound5-lean