A strengthened parametric q-congruence for Theorem 3

Let nn be a positive odd integer, and let aa be an indeterminate. Write [n][n] for the qq-integer and let Φn(q)\Phi_n(q) denote the nnth cyclotomic polynomial. Let the congruences referenced as

andand

be the congruences stated in Theorem 3 and its parametric form. The strengthened q-congruence. The congruence

should hold modulo $[n]^2(1-aq^n)(a-q^n)$; in particular,

should hold modulo [n]2Φn(q)2[n]^2\Phi_n(q)^2. This is presented as a numerical strengthening of Theorem 3, with no proof supplied.

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Victor J. W. Guo and Long Li, “q-Supercongruences from squares of basic hypergeometric series”, arXiv:2112.12076 (2021).

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