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ON CONGRUENCES INVOLVING EULER POLYNOMIALS AND THE QUOTIENTS OF FERMAT

  • JANG, DOUK SOO (Division of Mathematics, Science, and Computers, Kyungnam University)
  • Received : 2021.02.22
  • Accepted : 2021.03.22
  • Published : 2021.05.30
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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to provide the residues of Euler polynomials modulo p2 in terms of alternating sums of like powers of numbers in arithmetical progression. Also, we establish the analogue of a classical congruence of Lehmer.

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