Residue class biases in unrestricted partitions, partitions into distinct parts, and overpartitions

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Main Authors: Schlosser, Michael J., Zhou, Nian Hong
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author Schlosser, Michael J.
Zhou, Nian Hong
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Zhou, Nian Hong
contents We prove specific biases in the number of occurrences of parts belonging to two different residue classes $a$ and $b$, modulo a fixed non-negative integer $m$, for the sets of unrestricted partitions, partitions into distinct parts, and overpartitions. These biases follow from inequalities for residue-weighted partition functions for the respective sets of partitions. We also establish asymptotic formulas for the numbers of partitions of size $n$ that belong to these sets of partitions and have a symmetric residue class bias (i.e., for $1\le a<m/2$ and $b=m-a$), as $n$ tends to infinity.
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spellingShingle Residue class biases in unrestricted partitions, partitions into distinct parts, and overpartitions
Schlosser, Michael J.
Zhou, Nian Hong
Combinatorics
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Number Theory
05A17 (Primary) 11P81 (Secondary)
We prove specific biases in the number of occurrences of parts belonging to two different residue classes $a$ and $b$, modulo a fixed non-negative integer $m$, for the sets of unrestricted partitions, partitions into distinct parts, and overpartitions. These biases follow from inequalities for residue-weighted partition functions for the respective sets of partitions. We also establish asymptotic formulas for the numbers of partitions of size $n$ that belong to these sets of partitions and have a symmetric residue class bias (i.e., for $1\le a<m/2$ and $b=m-a$), as $n$ tends to infinity.
title Residue class biases in unrestricted partitions, partitions into distinct parts, and overpartitions
topic Combinatorics
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Number Theory
05A17 (Primary) 11P81 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14365