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S Apr 30, 2019 at 6:44 history suggested Andrew CC BY-SA 4.0
fixing up the binomial coefficient to make this formula readable....
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Jul 21, 2011 at 22:28 comment added KConrad In that case I'd say the result is true over any commutative ring, since the formula can be regarded as a universal polynomial identity over Z and thus it suffices to check it over the complex numbers.
Jul 21, 2011 at 13:32 comment added Kevin Buzzard Neil's first argument works over an arbitrary field: first observe that WLOG the field is alg closed, and then use the Zariski topology for the continuity argument.
Jul 21, 2011 at 13:02 comment added KConrad This result is called the Sylvester--Franke theorem.
Jul 21, 2011 at 11:05 history answered Neil Strickland CC BY-SA 3.0