Guo–Zeng's general product ballot-number congruence

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

An,k=(2nnk)(2nnk1).A_{n,k}={2n\choose n-k}-{2n\choose n-k-1}.

For all n,r1,,rmZ+n,r_1,\ldots,r_m\in\mathbb{Z}^+ such that r1++rm1(mod2)r_1+\cdots+r_m\equiv1\pmod2, and with ε=±1\varepsilon=\pm1, Guo–Zeng's general ballot-product conjecture.

k=0nεki=1mAn+i1,kri0(mod12n+1(2n+1n)).\sum_{k=0}^n\varepsilon^k\prod_{i=1}^mA_{n+i-1,k}^{r_i}\equiv0\pmod{\frac{1}{2n+1}{2n+1\choose n}}.

This is proposed as a challenging generalization of the preceding three-factor congruences and of the binomial-product congruences proved earlier in the paper.

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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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