Congruences for finite triple harmonic sums

Zhao （2003a） first established a congruence for any odd prime p〉3, S（1,1,1 ;p）=-2Bp-3 （mod p）, which holds when p=3 evidently. In this paper, we consider finite triple harmonic sum S（α,β, γ,ρ） （modp） is considered for all positive integers α,β, γ. We refer to w=α＋β＋ γ as the weight of the sum, and show that if w is even, S（α,β, γ,ρ）=0 （mod p） for p≥w＋3; if w is odd, S（α,β, γ,ρ）=-rBp-w （mod p） for p≥w, here r is an explicit rational number independent ofp. A congruence of Catalan number is obtained as a special case.

Zhao (2003a) first established a congruence for any odd prime p>3, S(1,1,1;p)≡-2Bp-3 (mod p), which holds when p=3 evidently. In this paper, we consider finite triple harmonic sum S(α,β,γ;p) (mod p) is considered for all positive integers α,β,γ. We refer to w=α+β+γ as the weight of the sum, and show that if w is even, S(α,β,γ;p)≡0 (mod p) for p≥w+3; if w is odd, S(α,β,γ;p)≡rBp≥w (mod p) for p≥w, here r is an explicit rational number independent of p. A congruence of Catalan number is obtained as a special case.