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Systematic study of Schmidt-type partitions via weighted words

Combinatorics 2023-02-14 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

Let S=(sn)n1S=(s_n)_{n\geq 1} be a sequence with elements in a commutative monoid (M,+,0)(\mathcal{M},+,0). In this paper, we provide an explicit formula for \laC(\la)qn1\lansn\sum_{\la} C(\la) q^{\sum_{n\geq 1} \la_n\cdot s_n} where \la=(\la1,)\la=(\la_1,\ldots) run through some subsets of over-partitions, and C(\la)C(\la) is a certain product of ``colors'' assigned to the parts of \la\la, and qsq^s is a formal power of qq for sMs\in M. This formula allows us not only to retrieve several known Schmidt-type theorems but also to provide new Schmidt-type theorems for non-periodic sequences SS. For example, when (M,+,0)=(Z0,+,0)(M,+,0)=(\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0},+,0), sn=1s_n=1 if there exists i1i\geq 1 such n={i(i1)/2+1}n=\{i(i-1)/2+1\} and sn=0s_n=0 otherwise, we obtain the following statement: for all non-negative integer mm, the number of partitions such that i1\lai(i1)/2+1=m\sum_{i\geq 1}\la_{i(i-1)/2+1} =m is equal to the number of plane partitions of mm. Furthermore, we introduce a new family of partitions, the block partitions, generalizing the kk-elongated partitions. From that family of partitions, we provide a generalization of a Schmidt-type theorem due to Andrews and Paule regarding kk-elongated partitions and establish a link with the Eulerian polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.2212.13555,
  title  = {Systematic study of Schmidt-type partitions via weighted words},
  author = {Isaac Konan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.13555},
  year   = {2023}
}

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18 pages. 2 figures