Let Pm(k) be the generalized m-gonal number
Pm(k):=(2m−1)k2−(2m−2)k,
and let
σodd(n):=d∣n\d odd∑d,
with σodd(n):=0 for n≤0. For positive integers m and n, consider the three congruences
k=−∞∑∞σodd(n−Pm(k))≡{n\if@display\else\fi\pmodx20\if@display\else\fi\pmodx2if n=Pm(j), j∈Z,otherwise,
k=−∞∑∞σodd(n−P5(k))≡{n\if@display\else\fi\pmodxm0\if@display\else\fi\pmodxmif n=P5(j), j∈Z,otherwise,
and
k=−∞∑∞(−1)P3(−k)σodd(n−P5(k))≡{(−1)P3(−j)n\if@display\else\fi\pmodxm0\if@display\else\fi\pmodxmif n=P5(j), j∈Z,otherwise.
Merca's conjectures. The first congruence holds for all n∈Z+ if and only if m∈{5,6}; the second holds for all n∈Z+ if and only if m∈{2,3,6}; and the third holds for all n∈Z+ if and only if m∈{2,4}. The paper proves these assertions, so they are now theorems rather than open conjectures.