Some Congruences Involving Fourth Powers of Generalized Central Trinomial Coefficients
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| contents | Let $ p \ge 5 $ be a prime and let $ b, c \in \mathbb{Z} $. Denote by $ T_k(b,c) $ the generalized central trinomial coefficient, i.e., the coefficient of $ x^k $ in $ (x^2 + bx + c)^k $. In this paper, we establish congruences modulo $ p^3 $ and $ p^4 $ for sums of the form $$ \sum_{k=0}^{p-1} (2k+1)^{2a+1}\,\varepsilon^{k}\,\frac{T_k(b,c)^4}{d^{2k}}, $$ where $ a \in \left\lbrace 0,1\right\rbrace $, $ \varepsilon \in \{1,-1\} $, and $ d = b^2 - 4c $ satisfies $ p \nmid d $. In particular, for the special case $ b = c = 1 $, we show that \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\left( 2k+1\right) ^{3} \frac{T_{k}^4}{9^k}\equiv -\frac{3p}{4}+\frac{3p^2}{4}\left( \frac{q_p(3)}{4}-1\right) \pmod{p^3}, \end{align*} where $T_k$ is the central trinomial coefficient and $q_p(a)$ is the Fermat quotient. |
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| spellingShingle | Some Congruences Involving Fourth Powers of Generalized Central Trinomial Coefficients Otmani, Yassine Belbachir, Hacene Number Theory 11A07, 11B65, 05A10 Let $ p \ge 5 $ be a prime and let $ b, c \in \mathbb{Z} $. Denote by $ T_k(b,c) $ the generalized central trinomial coefficient, i.e., the coefficient of $ x^k $ in $ (x^2 + bx + c)^k $. In this paper, we establish congruences modulo $ p^3 $ and $ p^4 $ for sums of the form $$ \sum_{k=0}^{p-1} (2k+1)^{2a+1}\,\varepsilon^{k}\,\frac{T_k(b,c)^4}{d^{2k}}, $$ where $ a \in \left\lbrace 0,1\right\rbrace $, $ \varepsilon \in \{1,-1\} $, and $ d = b^2 - 4c $ satisfies $ p \nmid d $. In particular, for the special case $ b = c = 1 $, we show that \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\left( 2k+1\right) ^{3} \frac{T_{k}^4}{9^k}\equiv -\frac{3p}{4}+\frac{3p^2}{4}\left( \frac{q_p(3)}{4}-1\right) \pmod{p^3}, \end{align*} where $T_k$ is the central trinomial coefficient and $q_p(a)$ is the Fermat quotient. |
| title | Some Congruences Involving Fourth Powers of Generalized Central Trinomial Coefficients |
| topic | Number Theory 11A07, 11B65, 05A10 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.24148 |