The 6n alternating binomial-sum divisibility conjecture

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For positive integers rr, ss, tt, and nn, define

S6(r,s,t;n)=∑k=−nn(−1)k(6n3n+k)r(4n2n+k)s(2nn+k)t.S_{6}(r,s,t;n)= \sum_{k=-n}^n(-1)^k{6n\choose 3n+k}^r{4n\choose 2n+k}^s{2n\choose n+k}^t.

The 6n divisibility conjecture. For all positive rr, ss, tt, and nn, S6(r,s,t;n)S_{6}(r,s,t;n) is divisible by both

2(6nn)and6(6n3n).2{6n\choose n}\qquad\text{and}\qquad 6{6n\choose 3n}.

This conjecture refines the preceding divisibility result, which gives divisibility by (6nn){6n\choose n} and (6n3n){6n\choose 3n}. The paper reports computational verification for r+s+t≤10r+s+t\leq 10 and n≤100n\leq 100, but no general proof is given.

References

Primary source

Victor J. W. Guo, Frederic Jouhet and Jiang Zeng, “Factors of Alternating Sums of Products of Binomial and q-Binomial Coefficients”, arXiv:math/0511635 (2007).

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