The four-factor qq-congruence conjecture

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Let n,r,s,tn,r,s,t be positive integers with r+s+t(1(mod2))r+s+t\bigl(\equiv 1\pmod 2\bigr) and let j\bigl\in\mathbb{N}\bigr). Define Au,k(q)A_{u,k}(q) as in the paper, and let

ηk=qj(k2+k)\eta_k=q^{j(k^2+k)}

or

ηk=(1)kq(k+12)+j(k2+k).\eta_k=(-1)^kq^{\binom{k+1}{2}+j(k^2+k)}.

The four-factor qq-congruence conjecture. The following four congruences hold:

[4n+1]k=0nηkA3n,k(q)rA2n,k(q)sAn,k(q)t0(mod1[6n+1][6n+1n]),[4n+1]\sum_{k=0}^n \eta_k A_{3n,k}(q)^r A_{2n,k}(q)^s A_{n,k}(q)^t\equiv 0\pmod{\dfrac{1}{[6n+1]}{6n+1\brack n}}, [4n+1]k=0nηkA3n,k(q)rA2n,k(q)sAn,k(q)t0(mod1[6n+1][6n+13n]),[4n+1]\sum_{k=0}^n \eta_k A_{3n,k}(q)^r A_{2n,k}(q)^s A_{n,k}(q)^t\equiv 0\pmod{\dfrac{1}{[6n+1]}{6n+1\brack 3n}}, [8n+1]k=0nηkA4n,k(q)rA2n,k(q)sAn,k(q)t0(mod[8n+13n]),[8n+1]\sum_{k=0}^n \eta_k A_{4n,k}(q)^r A_{2n,k}(q)^s A_{n,k}(q)^t\equiv 0\pmod{{8n+1\brack 3n}}, [6n+1][8n+1]k=0nηkA4n,k(q)rA3n,k(q)sA2n,k(q)t0(mod[8n+13n]).[6n+1][8n+1]\sum_{k=0}^n \eta_k A_{4n,k}(q)^r A_{3n,k}(q)^s A_{2n,k}(q)^t\equiv 0\pmod{{8n+1\brack 3n}}.

These conjectural congruences generalize the preceding corollaries; the first two are known in related special cases, but the stated general assertions remain open.

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Primary source

Victor J. W. Guo and Su-Dan Wang, “Factors of sums and alternating sums of products of q-binomial coefficients and powers of q-integers”, arXiv:1705.06236 (2017).

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