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We study a problem of Douglass and Ono concerning the smallest integer $n$ such that the partition function $p(n)$ begins with a specified string of digits $f$ in base $b$. By employing an elementary discrepancy framework, we establish new…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Siddharth Iyer

In the present paper we initiate the study of a certain kind of partition inequality, by showing, for example, that if $M\geq 5$ is an integer and the integers $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime to $M$ and satisfy $1\leq a<b<M/2$, and the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-09 James Mc Laughlin

We prove specific biases in the number of occurrences of parts belonging to two different residue classes $a$ and $b$, modulo a fixed non-negative integer $m$, for the sets of unrestricted partitions, partitions into distinct parts, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-03 Michael J. Schlosser , Nian Hong Zhou

Let $ped(n)$ denote the number of partitions of $n$ wherein even parts are distinct (and odd parts are unrestricted). We show infinite families of congruences for $ped(n)$ modulo $8$. We also examine the behavior of $ped_{-2}(n)$ modulo $8$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-04-23 Haobo Dai

We study the number $p(n,t)$ of partitions of $n$ with difference $t$ between largest and smallest parts. Our main result is an explicit formula for the generating function $P_t(q) := \sum_{n \ge 1} p(n,t) \, q^n$. Somewhat surprisingly,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-10 George E. Andrews , Matthias Beck , Neville Robbins

Euler's theorem asserts that $A(n)=B(n)$ where $A(n)$ is the number of partitions of $n$ into distinct parts and $B(n)$ is the number of partitions of $n$ into odd parts. In this paper, it is proved that for $n>0$, \begin{align*}…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-07 George E. Andrews , Rahul Kumar , Ae Ja Yee

Given a partition $\lambda$, we write $e_j(\lambda)$ for the $j^{\textrm{th}}$ elementary symmetric polynomial $e_j$ evaluated at the parts of $\lambda$ and $e_jp_A(n)$ for the sum of $e_j(\lambda)$ as $\lambda$ ranges over the set of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-27 Cristina Ballantine , George Beck , Mircea Merca

We study the distribution of partition parts in arithmetic progressions and find asymptotic results that capture all exponentially growing terms. This is accomplished by studying the behavior of non-modular Eisenstein series that appear in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-26 Kathrin Bringmann , Caner Nazaroglu , Jan-Willem M. van Ittersum

In this paper, we generalize Andrews' partitions separated by parity to overpartitions in two ways. We investigate the generating functions for 16 overpartition families whose parts are separated by parity, and we prove various $q$-series…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Kathrin Bringmann , Catherine Cossaboom , William Craig

We study the rate of growth of $p(n,S,M)$, the number of partitions of $n$ whose parts all belong to $S$ and whose multiplicities all belong to $M$, where $S$ (resp. $M$) are given infinite sets of positive (resp. nonnegative) integers. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-09-23 E. Rodney Canfield , Herbert S. Wilf

We build upon the work by Bessenrodt and Ono, as well as Beckwith and Bessenrodt concerning the combined additive and multiplicative behavior of the $k$-regular partition functions $p_k(n)$. Our focus is on addressing the solutions of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-18 Bernhard Heim , Markus Neuhauser

The celebrated Rogers-Ramanujan identities equate the number of integer partitions of $n$ ($n\in\mathbb N_0$) with parts congruent to $\pm 1 \pmod{5}$ (respectively $\pm 2 \pmod{5}$) and the number of partitions of $n$ with super-distinct…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-03-07 Cristina Ballantine , Amanda Folsom

For $a,b\in\mathbb{N}_0$, we consider $(an+b)$-color compositions of a positive integer $\nu$ for which each part of size $n$ admits $an+b$ colors. We study these compositions from the enumerative point of view and give a formula for the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-12 Daniel Birmajer , Juan B. Gil , Michael D. Weiner

We describe how the Hardy-Ramanujan-Rademacher formula can be implemented to allow the partition function $p(n)$ to be computed with softly optimal complexity $O(n^{1/2+o(1)})$ and very little overhead. A new implementation based on these…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Fredrik Johansson

Let $F_n(x)$ be the partition polynomial $\sum_{k=1}^n p_k(n) x^k$ where $p_k(n)$ is the number of partitions of $n$ with $k$ parts. We emphasize the computational experiments using degrees up to $70,000$ to discover the asymptotics of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-11-12 Robert P. Boyer , William M. Y. Goh

Let $b(n)$ denote the number of cubic partition pairs of $n$. In this paper, we aim to provide a strategy to obtain arithmetic properties of $b(n)$. This gives affirmative answers to two of Lin's conjectures.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-31 Shane Chern

In a recent work, Andrews defined the singular overpartitions with the goal of presenting an overpartition analogue to the theorems of Rogers--Ramanujan type for ordinary partitions with restricted successive ranks. As a small part of his…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-12-27 Doris D. M. Sang , Diane Y. H. Shi

Let $a\geq 1, b\geq 0$ and $k\geq 2$ be any given integers. It has been proven that there exist infinitely many natural numbers $m$ such that sum of divisors of $m$ is a perfect $k$th power. We try to generalize this result when the values…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-01 Sai Teja Somu , Vidyanshu Mishra

Let $f : \mathbf{N} \rightarrow \mathbf{C}$ be a bounded multiplicative function. Let $a$ be a fixed integer (say $a = 1$). Then $f$ is well-distributed on the progression $n \equiv a \pmod{q} \subset \{1,\dots, X\}$, for almost all primes…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-24 Ben Green

Let $p_2(n)$ denote the number of cubic partitions. In this paper, we shall present two new congruences modulo $11$ for $p_2(n)$. We also provide an elementary alternative proof of a congruence established by Chan. Furthermore, we will…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-02-14 Shane Chern , Manosij Ghosh Dastidar