A $p$-adic ($p\equiv 3\!\!\pmod 4$) depth-$5$ supercongruence for Gaussian $p$-th power sums over a square
General Mathematics
2026-02-04 v2
Abstract
Let be an odd prime. Define the Gaussian power sum We determine modulo high powers of : if then while for we prove the supercongruence where denotes the -th Bernoulli number. We also formulate several conjectures suggested by extensive computations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.00206,
title = {A $p$-adic ($p\equiv 3\!\!\pmod 4$) depth-$5$ supercongruence for Gaussian $p$-th power sums over a square},
author = {Nikita Kalinin and Faith Shadow Zottor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.00206},
year = {2026}
}