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On Some Conjectures of Swisher

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Some congruences on conjectures of van Hamme are established. These results extend some of Swisher’s conjectures.

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He, B. On Some Conjectures of Swisher. Results Math 71, 1223–1234 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00025-016-0584-1

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