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Supercongruences on some binomial sums involving Lucas sequences

Number Theory 2019-01-28 v6 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper, we confirm several conjectured congruences of Sun concerning the divisibility of binomial sums. For example, with help of a quadratic hypergeometric transformation, we prove that k=0p1(p1k)(2kk)2Pk8k0(modp2) \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\binom{p-1}k\binom{2k}k^2\frac{P_k}{8^k}\equiv0\pmod{p^2} for any prime p7mod8p\equiv 7\mod{8}, where PkP_k is the kk-th Pell number. Further, we also propose three new congruences of the same type.

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@article{arxiv.1511.07221,
  title  = {Supercongruences on some binomial sums involving Lucas sequences},
  author = {Guo-Shuai Mao and Hao Pan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.07221},
  year   = {2019}
}

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21 pages, to appear in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

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