Lucas congruences for the Apéry numbers modulo p2
(13 pages)
Abstract.
The sequence A(n)n >= 0 of Apéry numbers can be interpolated to C by an entire function.
We give a formula for the Taylor coefficients of this function, centered at the origin, as a Z-linear combination of multiple zeta values.
We then show that for integers n whose base-p digits belong to a certain set, A(n) satisfies a Lucas congruence modulo
p2.
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