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Analytic proof of the partition identity $A_{5,3,3}(n) = B^0_{5,3,3}(n)$

Combinatorics 2008-02-12 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

In this paper we give an analytic proof of the identity A5,3,3(n)=B5,3,30(n)A_{5,3,3}(n) =B^0_{5,3,3}(n), where A5,3,3(n)A_{5,3,3}(n) counts the number of partitions of nn subject to certain restrictions on their parts, and B5,3,30(n)B^0_{5,3,3}(n) counts the number of partitions of nn subject to certain other restrictions on their parts, both too long to be stated in the abstract. Our proof establishes actually a refinement of that partition identity. The original identity was first discovered by the first author jointly with M. Ruby Salestina and S. R. Sudarshan in ["A new theorem on partitions," Proc. Int. Conference on Special Functions, IMSC, Chennai, India, September 23-27, 2002; to appear], where it was also given a combinatorial proof, thus responding a question of Andrews.

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@article{arxiv.math/0403121,
  title  = {Analytic proof of the partition identity $A_{5,3,3}(n) = B^0_{5,3,3}(n)$},
  author = {Padmavathamma and B. M. Chandrashekara and R. Raghavendra and C. Krattenthaler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0403121},
  year   = {2008}
}

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