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A new combinatorial object is introduced, the part-frequency matrix sequence of a partition, which is elementary to describe and is naturally motivated by Glaisher's bijection. We prove results that suggest surprising usefulness for such a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-01-06 William J. Keith

We obtain identities and relationships between the modular $j$-function, the generating functions for the classical partition function and the Andrews $spt$-function, and two functions related to unimodal sequences and a new partition…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-01 Alice Lin , Eleanor McSpirit , Adit Vishnu

Define a "nuclear partition" to be an integer partition with no part equal to one. In this study we prove a simple formula to compute the partition function $p(n)$ by counting only the nuclear partitions of $n$, a vanishingly small subset…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-22 Robert Schneider

We construct new smallest parts partition functions and smallest parts crank functions by considering variations of Bailey's Lemma and conjugate Bailey pairs. The functions we introduce satisfy simple linear congruences modulo $3$ and $5$.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-06 Chris Jennings-Shaffer

In 2017, Andrews, Dixit, Schultz and Yee introduced the function $\overline{\textrm{spt}}_\omega(n)$, which denotes the number of smallest parts in the overpartitions of $n$ in which the smallest part is always overlined and all odd parts…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-06 Dazhao Tang

Andrews, Lewis and Lovejoy introduced the partition function PD(n) as the number of partitions of $n$ with designated summands, where we assume that among parts with equal size, exactly one is designated. They proved that PD(3n+2) is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-08-13 William Y. C. Chen , Kathy Q. Ji , Hai-Tao Jin , Erin Y. Y. Shen

This paper contain results on a strange smallest parts function related to the second Atkin-Garvan moment. Some new identities are discovered in relation to Andrews $spt$ function as well as one of Borweins' two-dimensional theta functions.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-14 Alexander E. Patkowski

We derive a combinatorial multisum expression for the number $D(n,k)$ of partitions of $n$ with Durfee square of order $k$. An immediate corollary is therefore a combinatorial formula for $p(n)$, the number of partitions of $n$. We then…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-12-05 Yuriy Choliy , Andrew V. Sills

The number of parts in the partitions (resp. distinct partitions) of $n$ with parts from a set were considered. Its generating functions were obtained. Consequently, we derive several recurrence identities for the following functions: the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-29 A. David Christopher

The generating function of partitions with repeated (resp. distinct) parts such that each odd part is less than twice the smallest part is shown to be the third order mock theta function $\omega(q)$ (resp. $\nu(-q)$). Similar results for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-03-16 George E. Andrews , Atul Dixit , Ae Ja Yee

We obtain recurrences for smallest parts functions which resemble Euler's recurrence for the ordinary partition function. The proofs involve the holomorphic projection of non-holomorphic modular forms of weight 2.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-04-15 Scott Ahlgren , Nickolas Andersen

A mathematical method for constructing fractal curves and surfaces, termed the $p\lambda n$ fractal decomposition, is presented. It allows any function to be split into a finite set of fractal discontinuous functions whose sum is equal…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-12-15 Vladimir Garcia-Morales

Recently, Andrews and Dastidar introduced the partition function $SOME(n)$, defined as the sum of all the odd parts in the partitions of $n$ minus the sum of all the even parts in the partitions of $n$. They derived its generating function…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-16 D. S. Gireesh , B. Hemanthkumar

Let spt(n) denote the total number of appearances of smallest parts in the partitions of n. Recently, Andrews showed how spt(n) is related to the second rank moment, and proved some surprising Ramanujan-type congruences mod 5, 7 and 13. We…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-06-11 F. G. Garvan

For a subset $\mathcal A\subset \mathbb N$, let $p_{\mathcal A}(n)$ denote the restricted partition function which counts partitions of $n$ with all parts lying in $\mathcal A$. In this paper, we use a variation of the Hardy-Littlewood…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-23 Ayla Gafni

Motivated by the study of integer partitions, we consider partitions of integers into fractions of a particular form, namely with constant denominators and distinct odd or even numerators. When numerators are odd, the numbers of partitions…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-01-25 Zachary Hoelscher , Eyvindur Ari Palsson

We prove explicit congruences modulo powers of arbitrary primes for three smallest parts functions: one for partitions, one for overpartitions, and one for partitions without repeated odd parts. The proofs depend on $\ell$-adic properties…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-06-10 Scott Ahlgren , Kathrin Bringmann , Jeremy Lovejoy

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 this paper, we investigate decompositions of the partition function $p(n)$ from the additive theory of partitions considering the famous M\"{o}bius function $\mu(n)$ from multiplicative number theory. Some combinatorial interpretations…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-23 Mircea Merca , Maxie D. Schmidt

The spt-function $spt(n)$ was introduced by Andrews as the weighted counting of partitions of $n$ with respect to the number of occurrences of the smallest part. Andrews, Garvan and Liang defined the spt-crank of an $S$-partition which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-08-15 William Y. C. Chen , Kathy Q. Ji , Wenston J. T. Zang