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On the mod $p^7$ determination of ${2p-1\choose p-1}$

Published 4 Aug 2011 in math.NT | (1108.1174v1)

Abstract: In this paper we prove that for any prime $p\ge 11$ holds $$ {2p-1\choose p-1}\equiv 1 -2p \sum_{k=1}{p-1}\frac{1}{k} +4p2\sum_{1\le i<j\le p-1}\frac{1}{ij}\pmod{p7}. $$ This is a generalization of the famous Wolstenholme's theorem which asserts that ${2p-1\choose p-1} \equiv 1 \,\,(\bmod\,\,p3)$ for all primes $p\ge 5$. Our proof is elementary and it does not use a standard technique involving the classic formula for the power sums in terms of the Bernoulli numbers. Notice that the above congruence reduced modulo $p6$, $p5$ and $p4$ yields related congruences obtained by R. Tauraso, J. Zhao and J.W.L. Glaisher, respectively.

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