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Arithmetic properties of cubic and overcubic partition pairs

Number Theory 2018-08-13 v1

Abstract

Let b(n)b(n) denote the number of cubic partition pairs of nn. We give affirmative answer to a conjecture of Lin, namely, we prove that b(49n+37)0(mod49).b(49n+37)\equiv 0 \pmod{49}. We also prove two congruences modulo 256256 satisfied by b(n)\overline{b}(n), the number of overcubic partition pairs of nn. Let a(n)\overline{a}(n) denote the number of overcubic partition of nn. For a fixed positive integer kk, we further show that b(n)\overline{b}(n) and a(n)\overline{a}(n) are divisible by 2k2^k for almost all nn. We use arithmetic properties of modular forms to prove our results.

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@article{arxiv.1808.03487,
  title  = {Arithmetic properties of cubic and overcubic partition pairs},
  author = {Chiranjit Ray and Rupam Barman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.03487},
  year   = {2018}
}