p-adic congruences motivated by series
Number Theory
2013-12-04 v4 Combinatorics
Abstract
Let p>5 be a prime. Motivated by the known formulae ∑k=1∞(−1)k/(k3(k2k))=−2ζ(3)/5 and ∑k=0∞(k2k)2/((2k+1)16k)=4G/π(whereG=\sum_{k=0}^\infty(-1)^k/(2k+1)^2istheCatalanconstant),weshowthat∑k=1(p−1)/2k3(k2k)(−1)k≡−2Bp−3(modp),∑k=(p+1)/2p−1(2k+1)16k(k2k)2≡−47p2Bp−3(modp3),and∑k=0(p−3)/2(2k+1)16k(k2k)2≡−2qp(2)−pqp(2)2+125p2Bp−3(modp3),whereB_0,B_1,\ldotsareBernoullinumbersandq_p(2)istheFermatquotient(2^{p-1}-1)/p$.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1111.4988,
title = {p-adic congruences motivated by series},
author = {Zhi-Wei Sun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.4988},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
15 pages, final published version