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On some conjectural supercongruences involving the sequence $t_n(x)$

Number Theory 2025-10-14 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper, we study some supercongruences involving the sequence tn(x)=k=0n(nk)(xk)(x+kk)2k t_n(x)=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n}{k}\binom{x}{k}\binom{x+k}{k}2^k and solve some open problems. For any odd prime pp and pp-adic integer xx, we determine n=0p1tn(x)2\sum_{n=0}^{p-1}t_n(x)^2 and n=0p1(n+1)tn(x)2\sum_{n=0}^{p-1}(n+1)t_n(x)^2 modulo p2p^2; for example, we establish that \begin{align*} \sum_{n=0}^{p-1}t_n(x)^2\equiv\begin{cases} \left(\dfrac{-1}{p}\right)\pmod{p^2},&\text{if }2x\equiv-1\pmod{p},\\[8pt] (-1)^{\langle x\rangle_p}\dfrac{p+2(x-\langle x\rangle_p)}{2x+1}\pmod{p^2},&\text{otherwise,} \end{cases} \end{align*} where xp\langle x\rangle_p denotes the least nonnegative residue of xx modulo pp. This confirms a conjecture of Z.-W. Sun.

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@article{arxiv.2510.11338,
  title  = {On some conjectural supercongruences involving the sequence $t_n(x)$},
  author = {Hui-Li Han and Chen Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.11338},
  year   = {2025}
}

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