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A Generalized Supercongruence of Z.-W. Sun

Combinatorics 2026-03-20 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we employ the Wilf-Zeilberger (WZ) method to prove a supercongruence conjecture posed by Z.-W. Sun: for any prime pp, \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^{\frac{p-3}{2}}\frac{92k^2+61k+9}{(2k+1)64^k}{2k \choose k}{3k \choose k}{4k \choose 2k}\equiv 6p+16p^2\left(\frac{-1}{p}\right) \pmod{p^3}, \end{align*} where (p)\left(\frac{\cdot}{p}\right) denotes the Legendre symbol. Our proof relies on combinatorial identities and symbolic summation techniques.

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@article{arxiv.2603.18463,
  title  = {A Generalized Supercongruence of Z.-W. Sun},
  author = {Wei-Wei Qi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.18463},
  year   = {2026}
}