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The first positive rank and crank moments for overpartitions

Number Theory 2021-02-04 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

In 2003, Atkin and Garvan initiated the study of rank and crank moments for ordinary partitions. These moments satisfy a strict inequality. We prove that a strict inequality also holds for the first rank and crank moments of overpartitions and consider a new combinatorial interpretation in this setting.

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@article{arxiv.1309.0381,
  title  = {The first positive rank and crank moments for overpartitions},
  author = {George Andrews and Song Heng Chan and Byungchan Kim and Robert Osburn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.0381},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

14 pages, to appear in Annals of Combinatorics