Colored base-3 partitions, sequences of polynomials, and perfect numbers

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Main Authors: Dilcher, Karl, Ericksen, Larry
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Published: 2025
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author Dilcher, Karl
Ericksen, Larry
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Ericksen, Larry
contents Motivated by the observation that the counting function of a certain base-3 colored partition contains the even perfect numbers as a subsequence, we begin by defining a sequence of polynomials in four variables and discuss their properties and combinatorial interpretations. We then concentrate on certain subsequences that are related to the Chebyshev polynomials of both kinds. Finally, we consider several sequences of single-variable polynomials that have meaningful combinatorial interpretations as well as interesting zero distributions.
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spellingShingle Colored base-3 partitions, sequences of polynomials, and perfect numbers
Dilcher, Karl
Ericksen, Larry
Combinatorics
Number Theory
Motivated by the observation that the counting function of a certain base-3 colored partition contains the even perfect numbers as a subsequence, we begin by defining a sequence of polynomials in four variables and discuss their properties and combinatorial interpretations. We then concentrate on certain subsequences that are related to the Chebyshev polynomials of both kinds. Finally, we consider several sequences of single-variable polynomials that have meaningful combinatorial interpretations as well as interesting zero distributions.
title Colored base-3 partitions, sequences of polynomials, and perfect numbers
topic Combinatorics
Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03147