Some congruences involving binomial coefficients

Abstract: Binomial coefficients and central trinomial coefficients play important roles in combinatorics. Let

p > 3

be a prime. We show that

T_{p-1}equivleft(frac p3 ight)3^{p-1} pmod{p^2},

where the central trinomial coefficient

T_{n}

is the constant term in the expansion of

(1 + x + x^{- 1})^{n}

. We also prove three congruences modulo

p^{3}

conjectured by Sun, one of which is

sum_{k=0}^{p-1}�inom{p-1}k�inom{2k}k((-1)^k-(-3)^{-k})equiv left(frac p3 ight)(3^{p-1}-1) pmod{p^3}.

In addition, we get some new combinatorial identities.

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