Odd Catalan-triangle power congruence conjecture

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

∑k=1nBn,k2r+1≡(2n−1n)(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=2a−2bn=2^a-2^b for some 0⩽b<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.

References

Primary source

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

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