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Congruences modulo powers of 3 for 2-color partition triples

Combinatorics 2018-05-24 v1

Abstract

Let pk,3(n)p_{k,3}(n) enumerate the number of 2-color partition triples of nn where one of the colors appears only in parts that are multiples of kk. In this paper, we prove several infinite families of congruences modulo powers of 3 for pk,3(n)p_{k,3}(n) with k=1,3k=1, 3, and 99. For example, for all integers n0n\geq0 and α1\alpha\geq1, we prove that \begin{align*} p_{3,3}\left(3^{\alpha}n+\dfrac{3^{\alpha}+1}{2}\right) &\equiv0\pmod{3^{\alpha+1}} \end{align*} and \begin{align*} p_{3,3}\left(3^{\alpha+1}n+\dfrac{5\times3^{\alpha}+1}{2}\right) &\equiv0\pmod{3^{\alpha+4}}. \end{align*}

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@article{arxiv.1805.08942,
  title  = {Congruences modulo powers of 3 for 2-color partition triples},
  author = {Dazhao Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.08942},
  year   = {2018}
}

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14 pages, to appear in Period. Math. Hungar