Two congruences concerning Apéry numbers conjectured by Z.-W. Sun

DOI10.3934/ERA.2020058zbMATH Open1461.11039arXiv1909.08983OpenAlexW2973681658MaRDI QIDQ779925FDOQ779925

Authors: Chen Wang 

Publication date: 14 July 2020

Published in: Electronic Research Archive (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $n$ be a nonnegative integer. The $n$-th Ap'{e}ry number is defined by ${\displaystyle }$ A_n:=sum_{k=0}^n�inom{n+k}{k}^2�inom{n}{k}^2. ${\displaystyle }$ Z.-W. Sun ever investigated the congruence properties of Ap'{e}ry numbers and posed some conjectures. For example, Sun conjectured that for any prime $pgeq7$ ${\displaystyle }$ sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(2k+1)A_kequiv p-frac{7}{2}p^2H_{p-1}pmod{p^6} ${\displaystyle }$ and for any prime $pgeq5$ ${\displaystyle }$ sum_{k=0}^{p-1}(2k+1)^3A_kequiv p^3+4p^4H_{p-1}+frac{6}{5}p^8B_{p-5}pmod{p^9}, ${\displaystyle }$ where $H_n=su{m}_{k=1}^{n}1/k$ denotes the $n$-th harmonic number and $B_0,B_1,ldots$ are the well-known Bernoulli numbers. In this paper we shall confirm these two conjectures.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.08983

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zbMATH Keywords

congruencesbinomial coefficientsharmonic numbersBernoulli numbersApéry numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Congruences; primitive roots; residue systems (11A07) Bernoulli and Euler numbers and polynomials (11B68) Binomial coefficients; factorials; (q)-identities (11B65)

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