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Some congruences related to a congruence of Van Hamme

Combinatorics 2019-03-12 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We establish some supercongruences related to a supercongruence of Van Hamme, such as \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^{(p+1)/2} (-1)^k (4k-1)\frac{(-\frac{1}{2})_k^3}{k!^3} &\equiv p(-1)^{(p+1)/2}+p^3(2-E_{p-3})\pmod{p^{4}},\\ \sum_{k=0}^{(p+1)/2} (4k-1)^5 \frac{(-\frac{1}{2})_k^4}{k!^4} &\equiv 16p\pmod{p^{4}}, \end{align*} where pp is an odd prime and Ep3E_{p-3} is the (p3)(p-3)-th Euler number. Our proof uses some congruences of Z.-W. Sun, the Wilf--Zeilberger method, Whipple's 7F6_7F_6 transformation, and the software package {\tt Sigma} developed by Schneider. We also put forward two related conjectures.

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@article{arxiv.1903.03766,
  title  = {Some congruences related to a congruence of Van Hamme},
  author = {Victor J. W. Guo and Ji-Cai Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.03766},
  year   = {2019}
}

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