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Arithmetic properties of generalized Frobenius partitions

Number Theory 2025-09-16 v1

Abstract

Ramanujan proved three famous congruences for the partition function modulo 5, 7, and 11. The first author and Boylan proved that these congruences are the only ones of this type. In 1984 Andrews introduced the mm-colored Frobenius partition functions cϕmc\phi_m; these are natural higher-level analogues of the partition function which have attracted a great deal of attention in the ensuing decades. For each m{5,7,11}m\in \{5, 7, 11\} there are two analogues of Ramanujan's congruences for cϕmc\phi_m, and for these mm we prove there are no congruences like Ramanujan's other than these six. Our methods involve a blend of theory and computation with modular forms.

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@article{arxiv.2509.12078,
  title  = {Arithmetic properties of generalized Frobenius partitions},
  author = {Scott Ahlgren and Cruz Castillo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.12078},
  year   = {2025}
}