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Proof of two congruence conjectures of Z.-W. Sun

Number Theory 2023-04-11 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper, we mainly prove two congruence conjecture of Z.-W. Sun. Let p3(mod4)p\equiv3\pmod 4 be a prime. Then k=0p1(2kk)28kk=0p1(2kk)2(16)k(modp3).\sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\frac{\binom{2k}k^2}{8^k}\equiv-\sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\frac{\binom{2k}k^2}{(-16)^k}\pmod{p^3}. And for any odd prime pp, if p=x2+y2p=x^2+y^2 with 4x1,2y4|x-1, 2|y, then k=0p1(k+1)(2kk)28k+k=0(p1)/2(2k+1)(2kk)2(16)k2(2p)x(modp3). \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\frac{(k+1)\binom{2k}k^2}{8^k}+\sum_{k=0}^{(p-1)/2}\frac{(2k+1)\binom{2k}k^2}{(-16)^k}\equiv2\left(\frac{2}p\right)x\pmod{p^3}.

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@article{arxiv.2304.04548,
  title  = {Proof of two congruence conjectures of Z.-W. Sun},
  author = {Guo-Shuai Mao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.04548},
  year   = {2023}
}

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