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Kostant's weight $q$-multiplicity formula is an alternating sum over a finite group known as the Weyl group, whose terms involve the $q$-analog of Kostant's partition function. The $q$-analog of the partition function is a polynomial-valued…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2021-08-17 Pamela E. Harris , Peter Hollander , Daniel C. Qin , Maria Rodriguez-Hertz

We present a method for constructing a quantum Markov partition. Its elements are obtained by quantizing the characteristic function of the classical rectangles. The result is a set of quantum operators which behave asymptotically as…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 Raul O. Vallejos , Marcos Saraceno

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

This paper presents a new `partitional' approach to understanding or interpreting standard quantum mechanics (QM). The thesis is that the mathematics (not the physics) of QM is the Hilbert space version of the math of partitions on a set…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-20 David Ellerman

Let $n$ and $t$ be positive integers with $t\geq 2$. Let $R_t(n)$ be the number of $t$-regular partitions of $n$. A class of functions, denoted $\tau_k(n)$, is defined as follows:…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-01 S. Sriram , A. David Christopher

In this paper we shall evaluate two alternating sums of binomial coefficients by a combinatorial argument. Moreover, by combining the same combinatorial idea with partition theoretic techniques, we provide $q$-analogues involving the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-06-07 Mohamed El Bachraoui

We use $q$-binomial theorem to prove three new polynomial identities involving $q$-trinomial coefficients. We then use summation formulas for the $q$-trinomial coefficients to convert our identities into another set of three polynomial…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Alexander Berkovich , Ali K. Uncu

We show the vertex operator formalism for the quiver gauge theory partition function and the $qq$-character of highest-weight module on quiver, both associated with the integral over the quiver variety.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-07 Taro Kimura

The main aim of this paper is twofold: (1) Suggesting a statistical mechanical approach to the calculation of the generating function of restricted integer partition functions which count the number of partitions --- a way of writing an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-08-10 Chi-Chun Zhou , Wu-Sheng Dai

We present a method to approximate partition functions of quantum systems using mixed-state quantum computation. For positive semi-definite Hamiltonians, our method has expected running-time that is almost linear in $(M/(\epsilon_{\rm…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Anirban N. Chowdhury , Rolando D. Somma , Yigit Subasi

We exploit transformations relating generalized $q$-series, infinite products, sums over integer partitions, and continued fractions, to find partition-theoretic formulas to compute the values of constants such as $\pi$, and to connect sums…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-19 Robert Schneider

We investigate some weighted integer partitions whose generating functions are double-series. We will establish closed formulas for these $q$-double series and deduce that their coefficients are non-negative. This leads to inequalities…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-15 George E. Andrews , Mohamed El Bachraoui

We present new proofs and generalizations of unimodality of the q-binomial coefficients \binom{n}{k}_q as polynomials in q. We use an algebraic approach by interpreting the differences between numbers of certain partitions as Kronecker…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-13 Igor Pak , Greta Panova

Fourier expansion of the integrand in the path integral formula for the partition function of quantum systems leads to a deterministic expression which, though still quite complex, is easier to process than the original functional integral.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-05-05 Andras Suto

Using sequences of finite length with positive integer elements and the inversion statistic on such sequences, a collection of binomial and multinomial identities are extended to their $q$-analog form via combinatorial proofs. Using the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-18 Adrian Avalos , Mark Bly

A quiver is an oriented graph. Quiver mutation is an elementary operation on quivers. It appeared in physics in Seiberg duality in the nineties and in mathematics in the definition of cluster algebras by Fomin-Zelevinsky in 2002. We show,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Bernhard Keller

We give a path integral construction of the quantum mechanical partition function for gauged finite groups. Our construction gives the quantization of a system of $d$, $N\times N$ matrices invariant under the adjoint action of the symmetric…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-06 Denjoe O'Connor , Sanjaye Ramgoolam

We describe an algorithm for using a quantum computer to calculate mean values of observables and the partition function of a quantum system. Our algorithm includes two sub-algorithms. The first sub-algorithm is for calculating, with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-10 Robert R. Tucci

In this note, we prove a general identity between a $q$-multisum $B_N(q)$ and a sum of $N^2$ products of quotients of theta functions. The $q$-multisum $B_N(q)$ recently arose in the computation of a probability involving modules over…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-07-22 Jehanne Dousse , Robert Osburn

Sylvester showed that the partition function can be written as a sum of the polynomial term and quasiperiodic components called the Sylvester waves. Recently an explicit expression of the Sylvester wave as a finite sum over the Bernoulli…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Boris Y. Rubinstein