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A Stern-type congruence for the Schroder numbers

Number Theory 2015-12-22 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

For the Schr\"oder number Sn=k=0n(nk)(n+kk)1k+1, S_n=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n}k\binom{n+k}k\frac1{k+1}, we prove that Sn+2αSn+2α+1(mod2α+2), S_{n+2^\alpha}\equiv S_{n}+2^{\alpha+1}\pmod{2^{\alpha+2}}, where n1n\geq 1 and α1\alpha\geq 1.

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@article{arxiv.1512.06310,
  title  = {A Stern-type congruence for the Schroder numbers},
  author = {Hui-Qin Cao and Hao Pan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.06310},
  year   = {2015}
}
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