Odd Catalan-triangle power congruence conjecture

Let Bn,kB_{n,k} denote the Catalan-triangle quantities used in the paper, and let n,r1n,r\geqslant 1. Odd-power Catalan-triangle congruence conjecture.

k=1nBn,k2r+1(2n1n)(mod(2nn))\sum_{k=1}^n B_{n,k}^{2r+1}\equiv {2n-1\choose n}\pmod{{2n\choose n}}

if and only if n=2a2bn=2^a-2^b for some 0b<a0\leqslant b<a. This gives a binary characterization of the indices for which the stated congruence holds; the paper presents computational examples but no proof of the general assertion.

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Victor J. W. Guo and Jiang Zeng, “Factors of binomial sums from the Catalan triangle”, arXiv:0909.0307 (2009).

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