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Explicit linear dependence congruence relations for the partition function modulo 4

Number Theory 2024-12-24 v1

Abstract

Almost nothing is known about the parity of the partition function p(n)p(n), which is conjectured to be random. Despite this expectation, Ono surprisingly proved the existence of infinitely many linear dependence congruence relations modulo 4 for p(n)p(n), indicating that the parity of the partition function cannot be truly random. Answering a question of Ono, we explicitly exhibit the first examples of these relations which he proved theoretically exist. The first two relations invoke 131 (resp. 198) different discriminants D24k1D \leq 24k-1 for k=309k=309 (resp. k=312k=312); new relations occur for k=316,317,319,321,322,326,k = 316, 317, 319, 321, 322, 326, \ldots.

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@article{arxiv.2412.17459,
  title  = {Explicit linear dependence congruence relations for the partition function modulo 4},
  author = {Steven Charlton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.17459},
  year   = {2024}
}

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