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Symbolic summation methods and hypergeometric supercongruences

Number Theory 2020-06-30 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper, we establish the following two congruences: \begin{gather*} \sum_{k=0}^{(p+1)/2}(3k-1)\frac{\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)_k^2\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)_k4^k}{k!^3}\equiv p-6p^3\left(\frac{-1}{p}\right)+2p^3\left(\frac{-1}{p}\right)E_{p-3}\pmod{p^4},\\ \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(3k-1)\frac{\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)_k^2\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)_k4^k}{k!^3}\equiv p-2p^3\pmod{p^4}, \end{gather*} where p>3p>3 is a prime, Ep3E_{p-3} is the (p3)(p-3)-th Euler number and ()\left(-\right) is the Legendre symbol. The first congruence modulo p3p^3 was conjectured by Guo and Schlosser recently.

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@article{arxiv.1911.09497,
  title  = {Symbolic summation methods and hypergeometric supercongruences},
  author = {Chen Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.09497},
  year   = {2020}
}

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