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Multi-dimensional $q$-summations and multi-colored partitions

Combinatorics 2018-04-06 v1

Abstract

Motivated by Alladi's recent multi-dimensional generalization of Sylvester's classical identity, we provide a simple combinatorial proof of an overpartition analogue, which contains extra parameters tracking the numbers of overlined parts of different colors. This new identity encompasses a handful of classical results as special cases, such as Cauchy's identity, and the product expressions of three classical theta functions studied by Gauss, Jacobi and Ramanujan.

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@article{arxiv.1804.01651,
  title  = {Multi-dimensional $q$-summations and multi-colored partitions},
  author = {Shane Chern and Shishuo Fu and Dazhao Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.01651},
  year   = {2018}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures

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