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MacMahon-type $q$-series

Combinatorics 2025-12-02 v1

Abstract

Motivated by earlier work of P.~A.~MacMahon and recent contributions of T.~Amdeberhan, G.~E.~Andrews, K.~Ono, A.~Singh, and R.~Tauraso on higher-order partition enumerants, we study a class of qq-series arising from nested divisor structures. In particular, we consider the qq-series Vk(q)=1n1n2nkqn1+n2++nk(1qn1)2(1qn2)2(1qnk)2, V_k(q) = \sum_{1 \le n_1 \le n_2 \le \cdots \le n_k} \frac{q^{\,n_1+n_2+\cdots+n_k}} {(1-q^{n_1})^2(1-q^{n_2})^2\cdots(1-q^{n_k})^2}, introduced recently as MacMahon-type generating functions. We further define a new MacMahon-type series Wk(q)=1n1n2nkq2(n1+n2++nk)k(1q2n11)2(1q2n21)2(1q2nk1)2, W_k(q) = \sum_{1 \le n_1 \le n_2 \le \cdots \le n_k} \frac{q^{\,2(n_1+n_2+\cdots+n_k)-k}} {(1-q^{2n_1-1})^2(1-q^{2n_2-1})^2\cdots(1-q^{2n_k-1})^2}, and establish families of identities, generating function relations, and hypergeometric representations for the truncated forms of Vk(q)V_k(q) and Wk(q)W_k(q). Connections with overpartition pairs and bipartitions with distinct odd parts arise naturally in this context.

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@article{arxiv.2512.00978,
  title  = {MacMahon-type $q$-series},
  author = {Mircea Merca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.00978},
  year   = {2025}
}
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