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Partitions Associated to Class Groups of Imaginary Quadratic Number Fields

Number Theory 2021-11-24 v1

Abstract

We investigate properties of attainable partitions of integers, where a partition (n1,n2,,nr)(n_1,n_2, \dots, n_r) of nn is attainable if (32i)ni0\sum (3-2i)n_i\geq 0. Conjecturally, under an extension of the Cohen and Lenstra heuristics by Holmin et. al., these partitions correspond to abelian pp-groups that appear as class groups of imaginary quadratic number fields for infinitely many odd primes pp. We demonstrate a connection to partitions of integers into triangular numbers, construct a generating function for attainable partitions, and determine the maximal length of attainable partitions.

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@article{arxiv.2111.12031,
  title  = {Partitions Associated to Class Groups of Imaginary Quadratic Number Fields},
  author = {Kathleen Petersen and James Sellers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.12031},
  year   = {2021}
}