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Congruences for the second-order Catalan numbers
Author(s):
Li-Lu
Zhao;
Hao
Pan;
Zhi-Wei
Sun
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
138
(2010),
37-46.
MSC (2000):
Primary 11B65;
Secondary 05A10, 11A07
Posted:
September 4, 2009
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Abstract:
Let be any odd prime. We mainly show that and where is the th Catalan number of order 2.
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Additional Information:
Li-Lu
Zhao
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
Email:
zhaolilu@gmail.com
Hao
Pan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
Email:
haopan79@yahoo.com.cn
Zhi-Wei
Sun
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
Email:
zwsun@nju.edu.cn
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-09-10067-9
PII:
S 0002-9939(09)10067-9
Received by editor(s):
April 7, 2009
Posted:
September 4, 2009
Additional Notes:
The third author is the corresponding author. He was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (grant 10871087) and the Overseas Cooperation Fund of China.
Communicated by:
Ken Ono
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2009,
American Mathematical Society
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