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Beck-type identities for Euler pairs of order $r$

Number Theory 2020-09-17 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Partition identities are often statements asserting that the set PX\mathcal P_X of partitions of nn subject to condition XX is equinumerous to the set PY\mathcal P_Y of partitions of nn subject to condition YY. A Beck-type identity is a companion identity to PX=PY|\mathcal P_X|=|\mathcal P_Y| asserting that the difference b(n)b(n) between the number of parts in all partitions in PX\mathcal P_X and the number of parts in all partitions in PY\mathcal P_Y equals a cPXc|\mathcal P_{X'}| and also cPYc|\mathcal P_{Y'}|, where cc is some constant related to the original identity, and XX', respectively YY', is a condition on partitions that is a very slight relaxation of condition XX, respectively YY. A second Beck-type identity involves the difference b(n)b'(n) between the total number of different parts in all partitions in PX\mathcal P_X and the total number of different parts in all partitions in PY\mathcal P_Y. We extend these results to Beck-type identities accompanying all identities given by Euler pairs of order rr (for any r2r\geq 2). As a consequence, we obtain many families of new Beck-type identities. We give analytic and bijective proofs of our results.

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@article{arxiv.2006.02335,
  title  = {Beck-type identities for Euler pairs of order $r$},
  author = {Cristina Ballantine and Amanda Welch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.02335},
  year   = {2020}
}

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18 pages