Congruences for partial sums of the generating series for \binom{3k}{k}

Abstract: We produce congruences modulo a prime

p > 3

for sums

over ranges

0 l e k < q

and

0 l e k < q / 3

, where

q

is a power of

p

. Here

x

equals either

c^{2} / (1 - c)^{3}

, or

, where

c

and

s

are indeterminates. In the former case we deal more generally with shifted binomial coefficients

. Our method derives such congruences directly from closed forms for the corresponding series.

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