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Some new $q$-congruences for truncated basic hypergeometric series

Number Theory 2019-02-25 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

We provide several new qq-congruences for truncated basic hypergeometric series, mostly of arbitrary order. Our results include congruences modulo the square or the cube of a cyclotomic polynomial, and in some instances, parametric generalizations thereof. These are established by a variety of techniques including polynomial argument, creative microscoping (a method recently introduced by the first author in collaboration with Zudilin), Andrews' multiseries generalization of the Watson transformation, and induction. We also give a number of related conjectures including congruences modulo the fourth power of a cyclotomic polynomial.

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@article{arxiv.1901.07962,
  title  = {Some new $q$-congruences for truncated basic hypergeometric series},
  author = {Victor J. W. Guo and Michael J. Schlosser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.07962},
  year   = {2019}
}

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14 pages, more background and references added

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