Further results on the divisibility of $q$-trinomial coefficients

Ji-Cai Liu, Wei-Wei Qi

Published 2022-07-13Version 1

We study divisibility for the $q$-trinomial coefficients $\tau_0(n,m,q)$, $T_0(n,m,q)$ and $T_1(n,m,q)$, which were first introduced by Andrews and Baxter. In particular, we completely determine $\tau_0(an,bn,q)$, $T_0(an,bn,q)$ and $T_1(an,bn,q)$ modulo the square of the cyclotomic polynomial $\Phi_n(q)$ for $(a,b)=(m,m-1)$.