| Title:
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On two supercongruences involving  Almkvist-Zudilin sequences (English) | 
| Author:
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Liu, Ji-Cai | 
| Author:
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Ni, He-Xia | 
| Language:
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English | 
| Journal:
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Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal | 
| ISSN:
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0011-4642 (print) | 
| ISSN:
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1572-9141 (online) | 
| Volume:
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71 | 
| Issue:
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4 | 
| Year:
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2021 | 
| Pages:
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1211-1219 | 
| Summary lang:
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English | 
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| Category:
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math | 
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| Summary:
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We prove two supercongruences involving Almkvist-Zudilin sequences, which were originally conjectured by Z.-H. Sun (2020). (English) | 
| Keyword:
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supercongruence | 
| Keyword:
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Euler number | 
| Keyword:
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Almkvist-Zudilin sequence | 
| MSC:
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05A19 | 
| MSC:
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11A07 | 
| MSC:
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11B68 | 
| idZBL:
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Zbl 07442486 | 
| idMR:
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MR4339123 | 
| DOI:
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10.21136/CMJ.2021.0384-20 | 
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| Date available:
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2021-11-08T16:07:12Z | 
| Last updated:
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2024-01-01 | 
| Stable URL:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/149250 | 
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