English

Factors of some truncated basic hypergeometric series

Number Theory 2019-01-24 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We prove that certain basic hypergeometric series truncated at k=n1k=n-1 have the factor Φn(q)2\Phi_n(q)^2, where Φn(q)\Phi_n(q) is the nn-th cyclotomic polynomial. This confirms two recent conjectures of the author and Zudilin. We also put forward some conjectures on qq-congruences modulo Φn(q)2\Phi_n(q)^2.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1901.07908,
  title  = {Factors of some truncated basic hypergeometric series},
  author = {Victor J. W. Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.07908},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

9 pages

R2 v1 2026-06-23T07:19:47.807Z