Guo–Zeng's general product ballot-number congruence

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

∑k=0nεk∏i=1mAn+i−1,kri≡0(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.

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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