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Proof of some conjectural hypergeometric supercongruences via curious identities

Number Theory 2021-08-10 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper, we prove several supercongruences conjectured by Z.-W. Sun ten years ago via certain strange hypergeometric identities. For example, for any prime p>3p>3, we show that k=0p1(4k2k+1)(2kk)48k0(modp2),\sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\frac{\binom{4k}{2k+1}\binom{2k}k}{48^k}\equiv0\pmod{p^2}, and k=0p1(2kk)(3kk)24k{((2p2)/3(p1)/3)(modp2) \mboxif p1(mod3),p/((2p+2)/3(p+1)/3)(modp2) \mboxif p2(mod3). \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\frac{\binom{2k}{k}\binom{3k}{k}}{24^k}\equiv\begin{cases}\binom{(2p-2)/3}{(p-1)/3}\pmod{p^2}\ &\mbox{if}\ p\equiv1\pmod{3},\\ p/\binom{(2p+2)/3}{(p+1)/3}\pmod{p^2}\ &\mbox{if}\ p\equiv2\pmod{3}.\end{cases} We also obtain some other results of such types.

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@article{arxiv.2006.02918,
  title  = {Proof of some conjectural hypergeometric supercongruences via curious identities},
  author = {Chen Wang and Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.02918},
  year   = {2021}
}

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21 pages, accepted by Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications