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In this short note, we develop the Stienstra–Beukers theory of supercongruences in the setting of the Catalan–Larcombe–French sequence. We also give some applications to other sequences.
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Jarvis, F., Verrill, H.A. Supercongruences for the Catalan–Larcombe–French numbers. Ramanujan J 22, 171–186 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-009-9218-5
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