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Main Authors: Feng, Li-Quan, Hou, Qing-Hu
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19221
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author Feng, Li-Quan
Hou, Qing-Hu
author_facet Feng, Li-Quan
Hou, Qing-Hu
contents We utilize the Wilf-Zeilberger (WZ) method to establish congruences related to truncated Ramanujan-type series. By constructing hypergeometric terms $f(k, a, b, \ldots)$ with Gosper-summable differences and selecting appropriate parameters, we derive several congruences modulo $p$ and $p^2$ for primes $p > 2$. For instance, we prove that for any prime $p > 2$, \[ \sum_{n=0}^{p-1} \frac{10n+3}{2^{3n}}\binom{3n}{n}\binom{2n}{n}^2 \equiv 0 \pmod{p},\] and \[ \sum_{n=0}^{p-1} \frac{(-1)^n(20n^2+8n+1)}{2^{12n}}\binom{2n}{n}^5 \equiv 0 \pmod{p^2}. \] These results partially confirm conjectures by Sun and provide some novel congruences.
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spellingShingle Finding congruences with the WZ method
Feng, Li-Quan
Hou, Qing-Hu
Combinatorics
We utilize the Wilf-Zeilberger (WZ) method to establish congruences related to truncated Ramanujan-type series. By constructing hypergeometric terms $f(k, a, b, \ldots)$ with Gosper-summable differences and selecting appropriate parameters, we derive several congruences modulo $p$ and $p^2$ for primes $p > 2$. For instance, we prove that for any prime $p > 2$, \[ \sum_{n=0}^{p-1} \frac{10n+3}{2^{3n}}\binom{3n}{n}\binom{2n}{n}^2 \equiv 0 \pmod{p},\] and \[ \sum_{n=0}^{p-1} \frac{(-1)^n(20n^2+8n+1)}{2^{12n}}\binom{2n}{n}^5 \equiv 0 \pmod{p^2}. \] These results partially confirm conjectures by Sun and provide some novel congruences.
title Finding congruences with the WZ method
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19221