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Asymptotic density and the asymptotics of partition functions

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let A be a set of positive integers with gcd(A) = 1, and let p_A(n) be the partition function of A. Let c = \pi \sqrt(2/3). Let \alpha > 0. It is proved that log p_A(n) ~ c\sqrt(\alpha n) if and only if the set A has asymptotic density \alpha.

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@article{arxiv.math/0002103,
  title  = {Asymptotic density and the asymptotics of partition functions},
  author = {Melvyn B. Nathanson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0002103},
  year   = {2007}
}

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17 pages. To appear in Acta Math. Hungarica