Guo and Liu's existence conjecture for divisibility constants

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Let nn and rr be positive integers, and define

Sn(r)=∑k=0n(nk)2(2kk)(2k+1)r.S_n^{(r)}=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n}{k}^2\binom{2k}{k}(2k+1)^r.

Guo and Liu's existence conjecture. There exist integers a2r−1a_{2r-1} and brb_r, independent of nn, such that

a2r−1∑k=0n−1Sk(2r−1)≡0(modn2),a_{2r-1}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}S_k^{(2r-1)}\equiv0\pmod{n^2}, br∑k=0n−1kSk(r)≡0(modn2).b_r\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}kS_k^{(r)}\equiv0\pmod{n^2}.

The paper proves that such integers exist, thereby resolving this conjecture; it also treats explicit values of these constants in the following conjecture.

References

Primary source

Guo-Shuai Mao, “Proof of some congruence conjectures of Guo and Liu”, arXiv:1511.06221 (2018).

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