Infinite families of congruences modulo 5 and 9 for overpartitions

• Autorzy: Gu C. , Hirschhorn M. D. , Sellers J. A. , Xia E. X. W.

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DOI

10.4064/ba8129-9-2017

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Let p͞(n) denote the number of overpartitions of n. Recently, a number of congruences modulo 5 and powers of 3 for p͞(n) were established by a number of authors. In particular, Treneer proved that the generating function for p͞(5n) modulo 5 is ∑^∞_n=0 p͞(5n)qⁿ ≡ (q;q)⁶_∞/(q²; q²)³_∞ (mod 5). In this paper, employing elementary methods, we establish the generating function of p͞(5n) which yields the congruence due to Treneer. Furthermore, we prove some new congruences modulo 5 and 9 for p͞(n) by utilizing the fact that the generating functions for p͞(5n) modulo 5 and for p͞(3n) modulo 9 are eigenforms for half-integral weight Hecke operators.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

overpartition; congruence; theta functions

• Wydawca: Instytut Matematyczny PAN
• Czasopismo: Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 66, no. 1
• Strony: 31--44
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 23 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Gu C.

• Department of Mathematics, Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, Zhenjiang 212013, P.R. China

autor

Hirschhorn M. D.

• School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

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Sellers J. A.

• Department of Mathematics, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A.

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Xia E. X. W.

• Department of Mathematics, Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, Zhenjiang 212013, P.R. China

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).