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Supercongruences for Apery-like numbers

Number Theory 2021-02-03 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

It is known that the numbers which occur in Apery's proof of the irrationality of zeta(2) have many interesting congruence properties while the associated generating function satisfies a second order differential equation. We prove supercongruences for a generalization of numbers which arise in Beukers' and Zagier's study of integral solutions of Apery-like differential equations.

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@article{arxiv.0906.3413,
  title  = {Supercongruences for Apery-like numbers},
  author = {Robert Osburn and Brundaban Sahu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.3413},
  year   = {2021}
}

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8 pages, revised version, to appear in Adv. in Appl. Math

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