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A vanishing sum and related $p$-adic congruences
Recently I had a curious discovery. Namely, I have made the following conjectures.
Conjecture 1. We have the identity
$$\sum_{k=0}^\infty\frac{(10k-1)\binom{3k}k\binom{6k}{3k}}{(2k+1)512^k}=0.\label{1}...
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A hypergeometric series for $\sqrt3\pi$ with converging rate $1/9$
Recently, I found a (conjectural) new series for $\sqrt3\pi$:
$$\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{(8k-3)\binom{4k}{2k}}{k(4k-1)9^k\binom{2k}k^2}=\frac{\sqrt3\pi}{18}.\label{1}\tag{1}$$
The series converges fast ...
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Is there a nonzero solution to this infinite system of congruences?
Is there a triple of nonzero even integers $(a,b,c)$ that satisfies the following infinite system of congruences?
$$
a+b+c\equiv 0 \pmod{4} \\
a+3b+3c\equiv 0 \pmod{8} \\
3a+5b+9c\equiv 0 \pmod{16} \\
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An explicit solution to the congruence $x^2\equiv 14(\frac 3p)-(\frac p3)-12\pmod {p}$?
Let $p>3$ be a prime, and let $(\frac{\cdot}p)$ be the Legendre symbol. Then
$$14\left(\frac 3p\right)-\left(\frac p3\right)-12=\begin{cases}1&\text{if}\ p\equiv1\pmod{12},
\\-25&\text{if}\ ...
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Two curious series for $1/\pi$
On Jan. 18, 2012 I conjectured that for any prime $p>3$ we have
$$R_p^2\equiv\frac1{10}\left(512\left(\frac{10}p\right)-27\left(\frac{-15}p\right)-475\right)\pmod p,$$
where $(\frac{\cdot}p)$ ...
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How to prove the identity $\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{3H_{k-1}^2+4H_{k-1}/k}{k^2\binom{2k}k}=\frac{\pi^4}{360}$?
For each $n=0,1,2,\ldots$, the harmonic number $H_n$ is given by
$$H_n:=\sum_{0<k\le n}\frac1k.$$
In 2016 I conjectured that
$$\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{3H_{k-1}^2+4H_{k-1}/k}{k^2\binom{2k}k}=\frac{...