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Overpartitions related to the mock theta function $\omega(q)$

Number Theory 2016-03-15 v1

Abstract

It was recently shown that qω(q)q\omega(q), where ω(q)\omega(q) is one of the third order mock theta functions, is the generating function of pω(n)p_{\omega}(n), the number of partitions of a positive integer nn such that all odd parts are less than twice the smallest part. In this paper, we study the overpartition analogue of pω(n)p_{\omega}(n), and express its generating function in terms of a 3ϕ2{}_3\phi_{2} basic hypergeometric series and an infinite series involving little qq-Jacobi polynomials. This is accomplished by obtaining a new seven parameter qq-series identity which generalizes a deep identity due to the first author as well as its generalization by R.P.~Agarwal. We also derive two interesting congruences satisfied by the overpartition analogue, and some congruences satisfied by the associated smallest parts function.

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@article{arxiv.1603.04352,
  title  = {Overpartitions related to the mock theta function $\omega(q)$},
  author = {George E. Andrews and Atul Dixit and Daniel Schultz and Ae Ja Yee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.04352},
  year   = {2016}
}

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