On congruences related to trinomial coefficients and harmonic numbers

In this paper, we establish some congruences involving the trinomial coefficients and harmonic numbers. For example, for any prime p > 3, Σp−1 k=0 (−1)k ( p − 1 k ) 2 Hk ≡ 0 (mod p).

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