We begin this section with another proof of Lucas' Theorem (due to Fine (1947)), based on the obvious generating function for : Start by noting that as each is divisible by p, by Kummer's Theorem, unless i=0 or (this is sometimes referred to as ` The Children's Binomial Theorem'). Therefore, writing n in base p, we have

and the result follows.
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