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Arithmetic Properties of Andrews' Singular Overpartitions

Number Theory 2024-05-31 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

In a very recent work, G. E. Andrews defined the combinatorial objects which he called {\it singular overpartitions} with the goal of presenting a general theorem for overpartitions which is analogous to theorems of Rogers--Ramanujan type for ordinary partitions with restricted successive ranks. As a small part of his work, Andrews noted two congruences modulo 3 which followed from elementary generating function manipulations. In this work, we prove that Andrews' results modulo 3 are two examples of an infinite family of congruences modulo 3 which hold for that particular function. We also expand the consideration of such arithmetic properties to other functions which are part of Andrews' framework for singular overpartitions.

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@article{arxiv.1405.3626,
  title  = {Arithmetic Properties of Andrews' Singular Overpartitions},
  author = {Shi-Chao Chen and Michael D. Hirschhorn and James A. Sellers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.3626},
  year   = {2024}
}
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