On the special harmonic numbers $H_{\lfloor p/9 \rfloor}$ and $H_{\lfloor p/18 \rfloor}$ modulo $p$
Number Theory
2023-02-07 v1
Abstract
Building on work of Zhi-Hong Sun, we establish congruences for the special harmonic numbers and modulo , which contain respectively three and four distinct arithmetic components. We also obtain a complete determination modulo of the corresponding families of sums of reciprocals of the type studied by Dilcher and Skula. Applications to the first case of Fermat's Last Theorem are considered.
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@article{arxiv.2302.02027,
title = {On the special harmonic numbers $H_{\lfloor p/9 \rfloor}$ and $H_{\lfloor p/18 \rfloor}$ modulo $p$},
author = {John Blythe Dobson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.02027},
year = {2023}
}
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