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Inequalities for the overpartition function

Combinatorics 2018-08-17 v2

Abstract

Let p(n)\overline{p}(n) denote the overpartition funtion. Engel showed that for n2n\geq2, p(n)\overline{p}(n) satisfied the Tur\'{a}n inequalities, that is, p(n)2p(n1)p(n+1)>0\overline{p}(n)^2-\overline{p}(n-1)\overline{p}(n+1)>0 for n2n\geq2. In this paper, we prove several inequalities for p(n)\overline{p}(n). Moreover, motivated by the work of Chen, Jia and Wang, we find that the higher order Tur\'{a}n inequalities of p(n)\overline{p}(n) can also be determined.

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@article{arxiv.1808.05091,
  title  = {Inequalities for the overpartition function},
  author = {Edward Y. S. Liu and Helen W. J. Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.05091},
  year   = {2018}
}
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