The Congruence of Wolstenholme for Generalized Binomial Coefficients Related to Lucas Sequences
Christian Ballot
Département de Mathématiques et Mécanique
Université de Caen
F14032 Caen Cedex
France
Abstract:
In recent years much research has been carried out on extending
Wolstenholme classical congruence modulo the cube of a prime to higher
prime powers. Here we show that this work can be done in much broader
generality by replacing ordinary binomials by Lucasnomials, which are
generalized binomial coefficients related to fundamental Lucas
sequences. The paper builds on earlier work of Kimball and Webb in
relation to the Fibonacci sequence and on recent work of the author
related to congruences involving sums of quotients of Lucas sequences.
The paper offers what may be a surprising line of development for very
classical congruences.
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Received
October 24 2014; revised versions received December 18 2014; February 25 2015; March 21 2015; March 26 2015.
Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, May 19 2015.
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