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Fixed hooks in arbitrary columns

Combinatorics 2024-06-14 v1

Abstract

In a paper by the author, Hemmer, Hopkins, and Keith the concept of a fixed point in a sequence was applied to the sequence of first column hook lengths of a partition. In this paper we generalize this notion to fixed hook lengths in an arbitrary column of a partition. We establish combinatorial connections between these fixed hooks and colored partitions that have interesting gap and mex-like conditions. Additionally, we obtain several generating functions for hook lengths of a given fixedness by hook length or part size in unrestricted partitions as well as some classical restrictions such as odd and distinct partitions.

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@article{arxiv.2406.08609,
  title  = {Fixed hooks in arbitrary columns},
  author = {Philip Cuthbertson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.08609},
  year   = {2024}
}

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12 pages

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