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arxiv: 1904.08857 · v1 · pith:VQA7O5DSnew · submitted 2019-04-18 · 🧮 math.CO · math.NT

A q-analogue of Wilson's congruence

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Let ${\mathcal C}_n$ be the set of all permutation cycles of length $n$ over $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$. Let $${\mathfrak f}_n(q):=\sum_{\sigma\in{\mathcal C}_{n+1}}q^{{\mathrm maj}\,\sigma} $$ be a $q$-analogue of the factorial $n!$, where ${\mathrm maj}$ denotes the major index. We prove a $q$-analogue of Wilson's congruence $$ {\mathfrak f}_{n-1}(q)\equiv\mu(n)\pmod{\Phi_n(q)}, $$ where $\mu$ denotes the M\"obius function and $\Phi_n(q)$ is the $n$-th cyclotomic polynomial.

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