Extending Andrews and Newman's refinement of the crank-mex theorem

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Auteurs principaux: Andrews, George E., Hopkins, Brian
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author Andrews, George E.
Hopkins, Brian
author_facet Andrews, George E.
Hopkins, Brian
contents The crank-mex theorem states that the number of integer partitions of $n$ with nonnegative crank equals the number with odd minimal excludant (mex). Andrews and M. Newman recently refined that result in terms of the number of parts greater than one. Here, we establish and expand a complementary result connecting the partitions with even mex, having fixed points, with negative crank, and with positive crank, all refined in terms of number of parts greater than one. We provide both analytic and combinatorial proofs.
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spellingShingle Extending Andrews and Newman's refinement of the crank-mex theorem
Andrews, George E.
Hopkins, Brian
Combinatorics
Number Theory
11P82, 05A17
The crank-mex theorem states that the number of integer partitions of $n$ with nonnegative crank equals the number with odd minimal excludant (mex). Andrews and M. Newman recently refined that result in terms of the number of parts greater than one. Here, we establish and expand a complementary result connecting the partitions with even mex, having fixed points, with negative crank, and with positive crank, all refined in terms of number of parts greater than one. We provide both analytic and combinatorial proofs.
title Extending Andrews and Newman's refinement of the crank-mex theorem
topic Combinatorics
Number Theory
11P82, 05A17
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19698