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Special classes of $q$-bracket operators

Combinatorics 2022-03-31 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

We study the qq-bracket operator of Bloch and Okounkov when applied to f(λ)=λiλg(λi)f(\lambda)=\sum_{\lambda_i \in \lambda}g(\lambda_i) and f(λ)=λiλλidistinctg(λi)f(\lambda)=\sum_{\substack{\lambda_i \in \lambda \lambda_i \text{distinct} }}g(\lambda_i). We use these expansions to derive convolution identities for the functions ff and link both classes of qq-brackets through divisor sums. As a result, we generalize Euler's classic convolution identity for the partition function and obtain an analogous identity for the totient function. As corollaries, we generalize Stanley's theorem as well as provide several new combinatorial results.

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@article{arxiv.1607.01424,
  title  = {Special classes of $q$-bracket operators},
  author = {Tanay Wakhare},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.01424},
  year   = {2022}
}

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8 pages

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