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Further Results on Vanishing Coefficients in Infinite Product Expansions

Number Theory 2019-01-16 v1

Abstract

We extend results of Andrews and Bressoud on the vanishing of coefficients in the series expansions of certain infinite products. These results have the form that if \begin{equation*} \frac{(q^{r-tk}, q^{mk-(r-tk)}; q^{mk})_\infty}{(q^r,q^{mk-r}; q^{mk})_\infty} =: \sum_{n=0}^\infty c_nq^n, \end{equation*} for certain integers kk, mm ss and tt, where r=sm+tr=sm+t, then cknrsc_{kn-rs} is always zero. Our theorems also partly give a simpler reformulation of results of Alladi and Gordon, but also give results for cases not covered by the theorems of Alladi and Gordon. We also give some interpretations of the analytic results in terms of integer partitions.

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@article{arxiv.1901.04835,
  title  = {Further Results on Vanishing Coefficients in Infinite Product Expansions},
  author = {James Mc Laughlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.04835},
  year   = {2019}
}

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