Lucas-type congruences for cyclotomic $ψ$-coefficients

dc.creatorSun, Zhi-Wei
dc.creatorWan, Daqing
dc.date2005-12-01
dc.date2008-04-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:33:00Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:33:00Z
dc.descriptionLet p be any prime and a be a positive integer. For nonnegative integers l,n and an integer r, the normalized cyclotomic $ψ$-coefficient $${n,r}_{l,p^a}:=p^{-[(n-p^{a-1}-lp^a)/(p^{a-1}(p-1))]} \sum_{k=r(mod p^a)}(-1)^k{n \choose k}{{(k-r)/p^a} \choose l}$$ is known to be an integer. In this paper, we show that this coefficient behaves like binomial coefficients and satisfies some Lucas-type congruences. This implies that a congruence of Wan is often optimal, and two conjectures of Sun and Davis are true.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512012
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512012
dc.identifierInt. J. Number Theory 4(2008), no.2, 155--170
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/158987
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject11B65; 05A10; 11A07; 11R18; 11R23; 11S05
dc.titleLucas-type congruences for cyclotomic $ψ$-coefficients
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