A Ramanujan-type supercongruence related to harmonic numbers
We prove that, for all primes $ p > 5 $, positive integers $ r $ and $ m $ with $ p\nmid m $ and $ p\nmid \binom{2mp^{r-1}}{mp^{r-1}} $, there holds$ \begin{align*} &\frac{1}{m^4p^{4r}{\binom{2mp^{r-1}}{mp^{r-1}}}^3}\bigg(\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{mp^r-1}(21k+8){\binom{2k}{k}}^3-p\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{mp^{r-1}-1}(21k+8){\binom{2k}{k}}^3\bigg)\\ &\quad \equiv-6\frac{H_{p-1}}{p^{2}}\ ({\rm{mod}}\ {p^{2}}), \end{align*} $where $ H_n = \sum_{j = 1}^{n}\frac{1}{j} $ ($ n = 0, 1, 2, \cdots $) are the usual harmonic numbers. This partially confirms a conjecture by Z.-W. Sun.
Authors
- Yong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3522-0885)
- Wenbin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3398-6331)
- Jiachen Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1797-0113)
Institutions
- Guangdong University Of Finances and Economics (CN)
- Nanjing Institute of Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AIMS Mathematics
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3934/math.2025521
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Mathematical Identities
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00