English

Distributions of Hook Lengths Divisible by Two or Three

Number Theory 2022-11-15 v2 Combinatorics Probability

Abstract

For fixed t=2t = 2 or 33, we investigate the statistical properties of {Yt(n)}\{Y_t(n)\}, the sequence of random variables corresponding to the number of hook lengths divisible by tt among the partitions of nn. We characterize the support of Yt(n)Y_t(n) and show, in accordance with empirical observations, that the support is vanishingly small for large nn. Moreover, we demonstrate that the nonzero values of the mass functions of Y2(n)Y_2(n) and Y3(n)Y_3(n) approximate continuous functions. Finally, we prove that although the mass functions fail to converge, the cumulative distribution functions of {Y2(n)}\{Y_2(n)\} and {Y3(n)}\{Y_3(n)\} converge pointwise to shifted Gamma distributions, completing a characterization initiated by Griffin--Ono--Tsai for t4t \geq 4.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2207.06486,
  title  = {Distributions of Hook Lengths Divisible by Two or Three},
  author = {Hannah Lang and Hamilton Wan and Nancy Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.06486},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

20 pages, 11 figures. v2: Incorporates referee comments

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