Proof of Singh and Barman's conjecture on hook length biases

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Main Authors: Lin, Hongshu, Zang, Wenston J. T.
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author Lin, Hongshu
Zang, Wenston J. T.
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Zang, Wenston J. T.
contents Let $b_{t,i}(n)$ denote the total number of $i$-hooks in $t$-regular partitions of $n$. Singh and Barman conjectured that $b_{t+1,2}(n) \geq b_{t,2}(n)$ holds for all $t\ge 3$ and $n\ge 0$. This conjecture was known to hold for $t=3$ due to work of Barman Mahanta and Singh. In this paper, we prove this conjecture.
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spellingShingle Proof of Singh and Barman's conjecture on hook length biases
Lin, Hongshu
Zang, Wenston J. T.
Combinatorics
Let $b_{t,i}(n)$ denote the total number of $i$-hooks in $t$-regular partitions of $n$. Singh and Barman conjectured that $b_{t+1,2}(n) \geq b_{t,2}(n)$ holds for all $t\ge 3$ and $n\ge 0$. This conjecture was known to hold for $t=3$ due to work of Barman Mahanta and Singh. In this paper, we prove this conjecture.
title Proof of Singh and Barman's conjecture on hook length biases
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19185