Lucas congruences using modular forms

Frits Beukers, Wei Lun Tsai, Dongxi Ye*

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Abstract

In this work, we prove that many Apéry-like sequences arising from modular forms satisfy the Lucas congruences modulo any prime. As an implication, we completely affirm four conjectural Lucas congruences that were recently posed by S. Cooper and reinterpret a number of known results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)69-78
Number of pages10
JournalBulletin of the London Mathematical Society
Volume57
Issue number1
Early online date12 Nov 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2025

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Funding

We thank the referee for the very helpful comments, suggestions, and corrections, which have definitely improved the manuscript.

FundersFunder number
AMS-Simons Travel Grant

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