A curious congruence modulo primes
Number Theory
2026-07-08 v1 Combinatorics
Abstract
For integers and , we introduce the numbers and prove that for any prime not dividing we have the congruence When and , this yields the curious congruence for any prime , where the Domb number is given by
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@article{arxiv.2607.07638,
title = {A curious congruence modulo primes},
author = {Zhi-Wei Sun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.07638},
year = {2026}
}
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7 pages