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Proof of two supercongruences of truncated hypergeometric series ${}_4F_3$

Number Theory 2024-11-21 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper, we prove two supercongruences conjectured by Z.-W. Sun via the Wilf-Zeilberger method. One of them is, for any prime p>3p>3, \begin{align*} \sum_{n=0}^{(p-1)/2}\frac{6n+1}{(-512)^n}\binom{2n}n^3&\equiv p\left(\frac{-2}p\right)+\frac{p^3}4\left(\frac2p\right)E_{p-3}\pmod{p^4}, \end{align*} where (p)\left(\frac{\cdot}p\right) stands for the Legendre symbol, and EnE_{n} is the nn-th Euler number.

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@article{arxiv.1910.09983,
  title  = {Proof of two supercongruences of truncated hypergeometric series ${}_4F_3$},
  author = {Guo-Shuai Mao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.09983},
  year   = {2024}
}

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Accepted by Acta Mathematica Sinica, English Series