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Proof of two supercongruences by the Wilf-Zeilberger method

Number Theory 2021-11-18 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper, we prove two supercongruences by the Wilf-Zeilberger method. One of them is, for any prime p>3p>3, \begin{align*} \sum_{n=0}^{(p-1)/2}\frac{3n+1}{(-8)^n}\binom{2n}n^3\equiv p\left(\frac{-1}p\right)+\frac{p^3}4\left(\frac2p\right)E_{p-3}\left(\frac14\right)\pmod{p^4}, \end{align*} where (p)\left(\frac{\cdot}p\right) stands for the Legendre symbol, and En(x)E_{n}(x) are the Euler polynomials. This congruence confirms a conjecture of Sun \cite[(2.18)]{sun-numb-2019} with n=1n=1.

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@article{arxiv.1911.01790,
  title  = {Proof of two supercongruences by the Wilf-Zeilberger method},
  author = {Guo-Shuai Mao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.01790},
  year   = {2021}
}

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13 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1910.09983