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Proof of a Conjecture on 6-colored Generalized Frobenius Partitions

Number Theory 2015-07-14 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let cϕk(n)c\phi_{k}(n) be the kk-colored generalized Frobenius partition function. By employing the generating function of cϕ6(3n+1)c\phi_{6}(3n+1) found by Hirschhorn, we prove that cϕ6(27n+16)0c\phi_{6}(27n+16)\equiv 0 (mod 243). This confirms a conjecture of E.X.W. Xia. We also find a congruence relation cϕ6(81n+61)3cϕ6(9n+7)c\phi_{6}(81n+61) \equiv 3 c\phi_{6}(9n+7) (mod 243). Moreover, we show that cϕ6(81n+61)0c\phi_{6}(81n+61) \equiv 0 (mod 81), cϕ6(243n+142)0c\phi_{6}(243n+142) \equiv 0 (mod 243) and cϕ6(729n+547)0c\phi_{6}(729n+ 547) \equiv 0 (mod 243). We further conjecture that for n0n\ge 0, cϕ6(243n+142)0c\phi_{6}(243n+142) \equiv 0 (mod 729).

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@article{arxiv.1507.03101,
  title  = {Proof of a Conjecture on 6-colored Generalized Frobenius Partitions},
  author = {Liuquan Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.03101},
  year   = {2015}
}

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