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

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

∑k=1nk2r+1Bn,k2s≡{(2n−1n)4s−1,if n=4s−1 or n=2a+1,0,otherwise(mod(2nn)4s−1).\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.

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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