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Another Proof of a Supercongruence Conjecture of Z.-W. Sun

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Another proof of a supercongruence conjecture of Sun has been given in this paper, using tools of Gaussian hypergeometric series and the p-adic \(\Gamma\)-function together with a combinatorial identity.

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This work is supported by a Project MTR/2018/000007 under MATRICS Scheme of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

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Kalita, G. Another Proof of a Supercongruence Conjecture of Z.-W. Sun. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. A Phys. Sci. 91, 283–287 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40010-020-00677-x

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