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Double series representations for Schur's partition function and related identities

Number Theory 2014-05-15 v1

Abstract

We prove new double summation hypergeometric qq-series representations for several families of partitions, including those that appear in the famous product identities of G\"ollnitz, Gordon, and Schur. We give several different proofs for our results, using bijective partitions mappings and modular diagrams, the theory of qq-difference equations and recurrences, and the theories of summation and transformation for qq-series. We also consider a general family of similar double series and highlight a number of other interesting special cases.

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@article{arxiv.1405.3345,
  title  = {Double series representations for Schur's partition function and related identities},
  author = {George Andrews and Kathrin Bringmann and Karl Mahlburg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.3345},
  year   = {2014}
}

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19 pages

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