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The saddle-point method for general partition functions

Combinatorics 2022-05-27 v4 Number Theory

Abstract

We apply the saddle-point method to derive asymptotic estimates or asymptotic series for the number of partitions of a natural integer into parts chosen from a subset of the positive integers whose associated Dirichlet series satisfies certain analytic properties. This enables grouping in a single statement many cases studied in the literature, as well as a number of new ones.

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@article{arxiv.2004.05227,
  title  = {The saddle-point method for general partition functions},
  author = {Gregory Debruyne and Gérald Tenenbaum},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.05227},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

A few minor corrections with respect to the journal version are added in this version. In particular we corrected the application of the Phragm\'en-Lindel\"of principle on p.3 which required a minor adaptation of the properties (d) and (f)

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