Odd-exponent Catalan-triangle congruence conjecture with a power-of-four threshold

Let Bn,kB_{n,k} denote the Catalan-triangle quantities used in the paper, let r0r\geqslant 0 and s1s\geqslant 1, and assume n4s1n\geqslant 4^s-1. Power-of-four threshold conjecture.

k=1nk2r+1Bn,k2s{(2n1n)4s1,if n=4s1 or n=2a+1,0,otherwise(mod(2nn)4s1).\sum_{k=1}^{n}k^{2r+1}B_{n,k}^{2s} \equiv \begin{cases} \displaystyle {2n-1\choose n}4^{s-1},&\text{if $n=4^s-1$ or $n=2^a+1$,}\\[5pt] 0,&\text{otherwise} \end{cases} \pmod{{2n\choose n}4^{s-1}}.

The claim refines the preceding congruence patterns for powers of the Catalan triangle, with exceptional indices described by powers of two. Its general status is left open in the source.

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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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