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A $p$-adic analogue of Chan and Verrill's formula for $1/\pi$

Number Theory 2020-08-18 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We prove three supercongruences for sums of Almkvist-Zudilin numbers, which confirm some conjectures of Zudilin and Z.-H. Sun. A typical example is the Ramanujan-type supercongruence: \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^{p-1} \frac{4k+1}{81^k}\gamma_k \equiv \left(\frac{-3}{p}\right) p\pmod{p^3}, \end{align*} which is corresponding to Chan and Verrill's formula for 1/π1/\pi: \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{4k+1}{81^k}\gamma_k = \frac{3\sqrt{3}}{2\pi}. \end{align*} Here γn\gamma_n are the Almkvist-Zudilin numbers.

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@article{arxiv.2008.06675,
  title  = {A $p$-adic analogue of Chan and Verrill's formula for $1/\pi$},
  author = {Ji-Cai Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.06675},
  year   = {2020}
}

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