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Congruences involving alternating multiple harmonic sum

Number Theory 2009-12-25 v3

Abstract

We show that for any prime prime p2p\not=2 k=1p1(1)kk(12k)k=1(p1)/21k(modp3)\sum_{k=1}^{p-1} {(-1)^k\over k}{-{1\over 2} \choose k} \equiv -\sum_{k=1}^{(p-1)/2}{1\over k} \pmod{p^3} by expressing the l.h.s. as a combination of alternating multiple harmonic sums.

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@article{arxiv.0905.3327,
  title  = {Congruences involving alternating multiple harmonic sum},
  author = {Roberto Tauraso},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.3327},
  year   = {2009}
}
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