A q-analogue of Sun's second binomial supercongruence

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Let nn be a positive integer. Define the qq-integer [m]=(1qm)/(1q)[m]=(1-q^m)/(1-q), the qq-shifted factorial (a;q)m=j=0m1(1aqj)(a;q)_m=\prod_{j=0}^{m-1}(1-aq^j), and the qq-binomial coefficient

[MN]q={(q;q)M(q;q)N(q;q)MN,0NM,0,otherwise.{M\brack N}_q=\begin{cases}\displaystyle\frac{(q;q)_M}{(q;q)_N(q;q)_{M-N}},&0\leq N\leq M,\\[5pt]0,&\text{otherwise.}\end{cases}

Let Φn(q)\Phi_n(q) be the nnth cyclotomic polynomial.

The q-Sun binomial conjecture. For every positive integer nn,

k=0n[3k+1][2kk]q3(q;q)n4(q;q)k4q(k+12)0(mod(1+qn)2[2n+1][2nn]q).\sum_{k=0}^{n}[3k+1]{2k\brack k}_q^3\frac{(-q;q)_n^4}{(-q;q)_k^4}q^{-\binom{k+1}{2}} \equiv0\pmod{(1+q^n)^2[2n+1]{2n\brack n}_q}.

The paper proves a related q-congruence with a different summand, while this proposed analogue is left unresolved in the supplied text.

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Victor J. W. Guo, “q-Analogues of two "divergent" Ramanujan-type supercongruences”, arXiv:1802.01260 (2018).

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