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Miklos Schweitzer 1970_4

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October 22, 2008
modular arithmeticquadraticsfunctionabsolute valuenumber theory proposednumber theory

Problem Statement

If c c is a positive integer and p p is an odd prime, what is the smallest residue (in absolute value) of n=0p12(2nn)cn  (mod  p ) ? \sum_{n=0}^{\frac{p-1}{2}} \binom{2n}{n}c^n \;(\textrm{mod}\;p\ ) \ ? J. Suranyi