Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, Vol. 71, No. 4, pp. 1211-1219, 2021


On two supercongruences involving Almkvist-Zudilin sequences

Ji-Cai Liu, He-Xia Ni

Received September 8, 2020.   Published online April 14, 2021.

Abstract:  We prove two supercongruences involving Almkvist-Zudilin sequences, which were originally conjectured by Z.-H. Sun (2020).
Keywords:  supercongruence; Euler number; Almkvist-Zudilin sequence
Classification MSC:  11A07, 11B68, 05A19


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Affiliations:   Ji-Cai Liu (corresponding author), Department of Mathematics, Wenzhou University, No. 586 Meiquan Road, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China, e-mail: jcliu2016@gmail.com; He-Xia Ni, Department of Applied Mathematics, Nanjing Audit University, No. 86 Yushan West Road, Nanjing 211815, P. R. China, e-mail: nihexia@yeah.net


 
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