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Main Authors: Dhar, Aritram, Mukhopadhyay, Avi, Sarma, Rishabh
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Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.05997
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author Dhar, Aritram
Mukhopadhyay, Avi
Sarma, Rishabh
author_facet Dhar, Aritram
Mukhopadhyay, Avi
Sarma, Rishabh
contents In a recent pioneering work, Andrews and Newman defined an extended function $p_{A,a}(n)$ of their minimal excludant or "mex" of a partition function. By considering the special cases $p_{k,k}(n)$ and $p_{2k,k}(n)$, they unearthed connections to the rank and crank of partitions and some restricted partitions. In this paper, we build on their work and obtain more general results associating the extended mex function with the number of partitions of an integer with arbitrary bound on the rank and crank. We also derive a new result expressing the smallest parts function of Andrews as a finite sum of the extended mex function in consideration with a curious coefficient. We also obtain a few restricted partition identities with some reminiscent of shifted partition identities. Finally, we define and explore a new minimal excludant for overpartitions.
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spellingShingle Generalization of the Extended Minimal Excludant of Andrews and Newman
Dhar, Aritram
Mukhopadhyay, Avi
Sarma, Rishabh
Number Theory
Combinatorics
In a recent pioneering work, Andrews and Newman defined an extended function $p_{A,a}(n)$ of their minimal excludant or "mex" of a partition function. By considering the special cases $p_{k,k}(n)$ and $p_{2k,k}(n)$, they unearthed connections to the rank and crank of partitions and some restricted partitions. In this paper, we build on their work and obtain more general results associating the extended mex function with the number of partitions of an integer with arbitrary bound on the rank and crank. We also derive a new result expressing the smallest parts function of Andrews as a finite sum of the extended mex function in consideration with a curious coefficient. We also obtain a few restricted partition identities with some reminiscent of shifted partition identities. Finally, we define and explore a new minimal excludant for overpartitions.
title Generalization of the Extended Minimal Excludant of Andrews and Newman
topic Number Theory
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.05997