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Congruences modulo powers of 5 for $k$-colored partitions

Combinatorics 2017-11-08 v1

Abstract

Let pk(n)p_{-k}(n) enumerate the number of kk-colored partitions of nn. In this paper, we establish some infinite families of congruences modulo 25 for kk-colored partitions. Furthermore, we prove some infinite families of Ramanujan-type congruences modulo powers of 5 for pk(n)p_{-k}(n) with k=2,6k=2, 6, and 77. For example, for all integers n0n\geq0 and α1\alpha\geq1, we prove that \begin{align*} p_{-2}\left(5^{2\alpha-1}n+\dfrac{7\times5^{2\alpha-1}+1}{12}\right) &\equiv0\pmod{5^{\alpha}} \end{align*} and \begin{align*} p_{-2}\left(5^{2\alpha}n+\dfrac{11\times5^{2\alpha}+1}{12}\right) &\equiv0\pmod{5^{\alpha+1}}. \end{align*}

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@article{arxiv.1711.02325,
  title  = {Congruences modulo powers of 5 for $k$-colored partitions},
  author = {Dazhao Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.02325},
  year   = {2017}
}

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15 pages, submitted to J. Number Theory