Sun–Tauraso q-congruences for central q-binomial coefficients

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Let pp be a prime, a≥1a\geq1, let Φpa(q)\Phi_{p^a}(q) be the pap^ath cyclotomic polynomial, and let (pa3)\left(\frac{p^a}{3}\right) denote the Legendre symbol. Sun–Tauraso q-conjecture. One has

∑k=0pa−1qk[2kk]q≡(pa3)q⌊pa2−(pa3)pa6⌋+⌊pa3⌋pa(modΦpa2(q)),\sum_{k=0}^{p^a-1}q^k{2k\brack k}_q\equiv\left(\frac{p^a}{3}\right)q^{\left\lfloor\frac{p^a}{2}-\left(\frac{p^a}{3}\right)\frac{p^a}{6}\right\rfloor+\left\lfloor\frac{p^a}{3}\right\rfloor p^a}\pmod{\Phi_{p^a}^2(q)},

and, if p≠3p\neq3,

∑k=0pa−1q2k+1[2kk]q≡(pa3)q(⌊pa+13⌋+(pa3))pa(modΦpa2(q)).\sum_{k=0}^{p^a-1}q^{2k+1}{2k\brack k}_q\equiv\left(\frac{p^a}{3}\right)q^{\left(\left\lfloor\frac{p^a+1}{3}\right\rfloor+\left(\frac{p^a}{3}\right)\right)p^a}\pmod{\Phi_{p^a}^2(q)}.

These are proposed q-versions of the cited Sun–Tauraso congruence.

References

Primary source

Victor J. W. Guo and Jiang Zeng, “Some congruences involving central q-binomial coefficients”, arXiv:0910.3563 (2010).

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