Sequentially congruent partitions and partitions into squares

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Main Authors: Schneider, Robert, Sellers, James A., Wagner, Ian
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author Schneider, Robert
Sellers, James A.
Wagner, Ian
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Sellers, James A.
Wagner, Ian
contents In recent work, M. Schneider and the first author studied a curious class of integer partitions called "sequentially congruent" partitions: the $m$th part is congruent to the $(m+1)$th part modulo $m$, with the smallest part congruent to zero modulo the number of parts. Let $p_{\mathcal S}(n)$ be the number of sequentially congruent partitions of $n,$ and let $p_{\square}(n)$ be the number of partitions of $n$ wherein all parts are squares. In this note we prove bijectively, for all $n\geq 1,$ that $p_{\mathcal S}(n) = p_{\square}(n).$ Our proof naturally extends to show other exotic classes of partitions of $n$ are in bijection with certain partitions of $n$ into $k$th powers.
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Schneider, Robert
Sellers, James A.
Wagner, Ian
Number Theory
Combinatorics
In recent work, M. Schneider and the first author studied a curious class of integer partitions called "sequentially congruent" partitions: the $m$th part is congruent to the $(m+1)$th part modulo $m$, with the smallest part congruent to zero modulo the number of parts. Let $p_{\mathcal S}(n)$ be the number of sequentially congruent partitions of $n,$ and let $p_{\square}(n)$ be the number of partitions of $n$ wherein all parts are squares. In this note we prove bijectively, for all $n\geq 1,$ that $p_{\mathcal S}(n) = p_{\square}(n).$ Our proof naturally extends to show other exotic classes of partitions of $n$ are in bijection with certain partitions of $n$ into $k$th powers.
title Sequentially congruent partitions and partitions into squares
topic Number Theory
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.10236