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Supercongruences involving binomial coefficients and Euler polynomials

Number Theory 2024-07-30 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let pp be an odd prime and let xx be a pp-adic integer. In this paper, we establish supercongruences for k=0p1(xk)(x+kk)(4)k(dk+1)(2kk)(modp2) \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\frac{\binom{x}{k}\binom{x+k}{k}(-4)^k}{(dk+1)\binom{2k}{k}}\pmod{p^2} and k=0p1(xk)(x+kk)(2)k(dk+1)(2kk)(modp2), \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\frac{\binom{x}{k}\binom{x+k}{k}(-2)^k}{(dk+1)\binom{2k}{k}}\pmod{p^2}, where d{0,1,2}d\in\{0,1,2\}. As consequences, we extend some known results. For example, for p>3p>3 we show k=0p1(3kk)(427)k19+89p+427pEp2(13)(modp2), \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\binom{3k}{k}\left(\frac{4}{27}\right)^k\equiv\frac19+\frac89p+\frac{4}{27}pE_{p-2}\left(\frac13\right)\pmod{p^2}, where En(x)E_n(x) denotes the Euler polynomial of degree nn. This generalizes a known congruence of Z.-W. Sun.

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@article{arxiv.2407.19882,
  title  = {Supercongruences involving binomial coefficients and Euler polynomials},
  author = {Chen Wang and Hui-Li Han},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.19882},
  year   = {2024}
}

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