Guo–Zeng's three-factor ballot-number congruences

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Let An,kA_{n,k} be the ballot numbers

An,k=(2nn−k)−(2nn−k−1).A_{n,k}={2n\choose n-k}-{2n\choose n-k-1}.

For all n,r,s,t∈Z+n,r,s,t\in\mathbb{Z}^+ with r+s+t≡1(mod2)r+s+t\equiv1\pmod2, and with ε=±1\varepsilon=\pm1, Guo–Zeng's three-factor ballot-number conjecture. The following congruences should hold:

(4n+1)∑k=0nεkA3n,krA2n,ksAn,kt≡0(mod16n+1(6n+1n)),(4n+1)\sum_{k=0}^n\varepsilon^kA_{3n,k}^rA_{2n,k}^sA_{n,k}^t\equiv0\pmod{\frac{1}{6n+1}{6n+1\choose n}}, (4n+1)∑k=0nεkA3n,krA2n,ksAn,kt≡0(mod16n+1(6n+13n)),(4n+1)\sum_{k=0}^n\varepsilon^kA_{3n,k}^rA_{2n,k}^sA_{n,k}^t\equiv0\pmod{\frac{1}{6n+1}{6n+1\choose 3n}}, ∑k=0nεkA4n,krA2n,ksAn,kt≡0(mod18n+1(8n+13n)),\sum_{k=0}^n\varepsilon^kA_{4n,k}^rA_{2n,k}^sA_{n,k}^t\equiv0\pmod{\frac{1}{8n+1}{8n+1\choose 3n}},

and

(6n+1)∑k=0nεkA4n,krA3n,ksA2n,kt≡0(mod18n+1(8n+13n)).(6n+1)\sum_{k=0}^n\varepsilon^kA_{4n,k}^rA_{3n,k}^sA_{2n,k}^t\equiv0\pmod{\frac{1}{8n+1}{8n+1\choose 3n}}.

These are proposed extensions of the preceding proved congruences for products of binomial coefficients.

References

Primary source

Victor J. W. Guo and Jiang Zeng, “Factors of sums and alternating sums involving binomial coefficients and powers of integers”, arXiv:1008.3316 (2011).

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