A q-analogue of the Van Hamme–Sun supercongruence equivalence

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Let n≡1(mod4)n\equiv 1\pmod{4} be a positive integer. Define the qq-integer [m]=(1−qm)/(1−q)[m]=(1-q^m)/(1-q), the qq-shifted factorial (x;q)k=(1−x)(1−xq)⋯(1−xqk−1)(x;q)_k=(1-x)(1-xq)\cdots(1-xq^{k-1}), and let Φn(q)\Phi_n(q) denote the nn-th cyclotomic polynomial. q-analogue conjecture.

∑k=0n−1(−1)k[6k+1](q;q2)k3(q4;q4)k3q3k2≡∑k=0n−1(−1)k[8k+1](q;q4)k3(q4;q4)k3q2k2+k(mod[n]Φn(q)3).\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}(-1)^k[6k+1]\frac{(q;q^2)_k^3}{(q^4;q^4)_k^3}q^{3k^2} \equiv \sum_{k=0}^{n-1}(-1)^k[8k+1]\frac{(q;q^4)_k^3}{(q^4;q^4)_k^3}q^{2k^2+k} \pmod{[n]\Phi_n(q)^3}.

This is a proposed qq-analogue of an equivalence between two supercongruences for primes congruent to 11 modulo 44; its validity for all positive integers n≡1(mod4)n\equiv1\pmod4 remains open.

References

Primary source

Victor J. W. Guo and Chen Wang, “Refinements of Van Hamme's (E.2) and (F.2) supercongruences and two supercongruences by Swisher”, arXiv:2501.09626 (2025).

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