On two conjectural supercongruences of Apagodu and Zeilberger

DOI10.1080/10236198.2016.1245295zbMATH Open1407.11036arXiv1606.08432OpenAlexW2471317919MaRDI QIDQ2964248FDOQ2964248

Authors: Ji-Cai Liu 

Publication date: 23 February 2017

Published in: Journal of Difference Equations and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let the numbers $$ and $gamm{a}_n$ denote �egin{align*} alpha_n=sum_{k=0}^{n-1}{2kchoose k},quad �eta_n=sum_{k=0}^{n-1}{2kchoose k}frac{1}{k+1}quad ext{and}quad gamma_n=sum_{k=0}^{n-1}{2kchoose k}frac{3k+2}{k+1}, end{align*} respectively. We prove that for any prime $pge5$ and positive integer $n$ �egin{align*} alpha_{np}&equiv left(frac{p}{3} ight) alpha_n pmod{p^2},\ �eta_{np}&equiv �egin{cases} displaystyle �eta_n pmod{p^2},quad & ext{if $pequiv1pmod3$},\ -gamma_n pmod{p^2},quad & ext{if $pequiv2pmod3$}, end{cases} end{align*} where $left(fraccdotpight)$ denotes the Legendre symbol. These two supercongruences were recently conjectured by Apagodu and Zeilberger.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.08432

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zbMATH Keywords

Catalan numberssupercongruencesZeilberger algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Congruences; primitive roots; residue systems (11A07) Binomial coefficients; factorials; (q)-identities (11B65) Symbolic computation of special functions (Gosper and Zeilberger algorithms, etc.) (33F10)

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