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Arithmetic density and congruences of $t$-core partitions

Number Theory 2023-02-24 v1

Abstract

A partition of nn is called a tt-core partition if none of its hook number is divisible by t.t. In 2019, Hirschhorn and Sellers \cite{Hirs2019} obtained a parity result for 33-core partition function a3(n)a_3(n). Recently, both authors \cite{MeherJindal2022} proved density results for a3(n)a_3(n), wherein we proved that a3(n)a_3(n) is almost always divisible by arbitrary power of 22 and 3.3. In this article, we prove that for a non-negative integer α,\alpha, a3αm(n)a_{3^{\alpha} m}(n) is almost always divisible by arbitrary power of 22 and 3.3. Further, we prove that at(n)a_{t}(n) is almost always divisible by arbitrary power of pij,p_i^j, where jj is a fixed positive integer and t=p1a1p2a2pmamt= p_1^{a_1}p_2^{a_2}\ldots p_m^{a_m} with primes pi5.p_i \geq 5. Furthermore, by employing Radu and Seller's approach, we obtain an algorithm and we give alternate proofs of several congruences modulo 33 and 55 for ap(n)a_{p}(n), where pp is prime number. Our results also generalizes the results in \cite{radu2011a}.

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@article{arxiv.2302.11830,
  title  = {Arithmetic density and congruences of $t$-core partitions},
  author = {Nabin Kumar Meher and Ankita Jindal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.11830},
  year   = {2023}
}