On a congruence of Emma Lehmer related to Euler numbers

John B. Cosgrave; Karl Dilcher

Acta Arithmetica (2013)

  • Volume: 161, Issue: 1, page 47-67
  • ISSN: 0065-1036

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A congruence of Emma Lehmer (1938) for Euler numbers E p - 3 modulo p in terms of a certain sum of reciprocals of squares of integers was recently extended to prime power moduli by T. Cai et al. We generalize this further to arbitrary composite moduli n and characterize those n for which the sum in question vanishes modulo n (or modulo n/3 when 3|n). Primes for which E p - 3 0 ( m o d p ) play an important role, and we present some numerical results.

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John B. Cosgrave, and Karl Dilcher. "On a congruence of Emma Lehmer related to Euler numbers." Acta Arithmetica 161.1 (2013): 47-67. <http://eudml.org/doc/286382>.

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