English

Some congruences involving powers of Delannoy polynomials

Number Theory 2014-12-25 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

The Delannoy polynomial Dn(x)D_n(x) is defined by Dn(x)=k=0n(nk)(n+kk)xk. D_n(x)=\sum_{k=0}^{n}{n\choose k}{n+k\choose k}x^k. We prove that, if xx is an integer and pp is a prime not dividing x(x+1)x(x+1), then \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(2k+1)D_k(x)^3 &\equiv p\left(\frac{-4x-3}{p}\right) \pmod{p^2}, \\ \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(2k+1)D_k(x)^4 &\equiv p \pmod{p^2}, \\ \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(-1)^k(2k+1)D_k(x)^3 &\equiv p\left(\frac{4x+1}{p}\right) \pmod{p^2}, \end{align*} where (p)\big(\frac{\cdot}{p}\big) denotes the Legendre symbol. The first two congruences confirm a conjecture of Z.-W. Sun [Sci. China 57 (2014), 1375--1400]. The third congruence confirms a special case of another conjecture of Z.-W. Sun [J. Number Theory 132 (2012), 2673--2699]. We also prove that, for any integer xx and odd prime pp, there holds \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(-1)^k(2k+1)D_k(x)^4 &\equiv p\sum_{k=0}^{\frac{p-1}{2}} (-1)^k {2k\choose k}^2(x^2+x)^k(2x+1)^{2k} \pmod{p^2}, \end{align*} and conjecture that it still holds modulo p3p^3.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1412.7724,
  title  = {Some congruences involving powers of Delannoy polynomials},
  author = {Victor J. W. Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.7724},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

10 pages