Supercongruences involving binomial coefficients and Euler polynomials
Abstract: Let $p$ be an odd prime and let $x$ be a $p$-adic integer. In this paper, we establish supercongruences for $$ \sum_{k=0}{p-1}\frac{\binom{x}{k}\binom{x+k}{k}(-4)k}{(dk+1)\binom{2k}{k}}\pmod{p2} $$ and $$ \sum_{k=0}{p-1}\frac{\binom{x}{k}\binom{x+k}{k}(-2)k}{(dk+1)\binom{2k}{k}}\pmod{p2}, $$ where $d\in{0,1,2}$. As consequences, we extend some known results. For example, for $p>3$ we show $$ \sum_{k=0}{p-1}\binom{3k}{k}\left(\frac{4}{27}\right)k\equiv\frac19+\frac89p+\frac{4}{27}pE_{p-2}\left(\frac13\right)\pmod{p2}, $$ where $E_n(x)$ denotes the Euler polynomial of degree $n$. This generalizes a known congruence of Z.-W. Sun.
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