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Congruences concerning quadrinomial coefficients

Number Theory 2023-08-01 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we establish congruences (mod p2p^2) involving the quadrinomial coefficients (np1p1)3\dbinom{np-1}{p-1}_{3} and (np1p12)3\dbinom{np-1}{\frac{p-1}{2}}_{3}. This is an analogue of congruences involving the trinomial coefficients (np1p1)2\dbinom{np-1}{p-1}_{2} and (np1p12)2\dbinom{np-1}{\frac{p-1}{2}}_{2} due to Elkhiri and Mihoubi.

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@article{arxiv.2307.16768,
  title  = {Congruences concerning quadrinomial coefficients},
  author = {Mohammed Mechacha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.16768},
  year   = {2023}
}

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14 pages

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