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On the distribution of $t$-hooks of doubled distinct partitions

Combinatorics 2025-03-18 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Recently, Griffin, Ono, and Tsai examined the distribution of the number of tt-hooks in partitions of nn, which was later followed by the work of Craig, Ono, and Singh on the distribution of the number of tt-hooks in self-conjugate partitions of nn. Motivated by these studies, in this paper, we further investigate the number of tt-hooks in some subsets of partitions. More specifically, we obtain the generating functions for the number of tt-hooks in doubled distinct partitions and the number of tt-shifted hooks in strict partitions. Based on these generating functions, we prove that the number of tt-hooks in doubled distinct partitions and the number of tt-shifted hooks in strict partitions are both asymptotically normally distributed.

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@article{arxiv.2503.12040,
  title  = {On the distribution of $t$-hooks of doubled distinct partitions},
  author = {Hyunsoo Cho and Byungchan Kim and Eunmi Kim and Ae Ja Yee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.12040},
  year   = {2025}
}