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Determining the explicit forms and modularity for string functions and branching coefficients for Kac--Moody algebras after Kac, Peterson, and Wakimoto is a long-standing, yet wide-open, problem and recently a connection has been made…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Stepan Konenkov , Eric T. Mortenson

We obtain some Bailey pairs associated with indefinite quadratic forms with the $\beta_n$ connected to a finite sum. A new general identity is given, which provides identities for $q$-hypergeometric series, including mock theta functions.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-23 Alexander E Patkowski

Following the method of combinatorial telescoping for alternating sums given by Chen, Hou and Mu, we present a combinatorial telescoping approach to partition identities on sums of positive terms. By giving a classification of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-06-16 William Y. C. Chen , Daniel K. Du , Charles B. Mei

The least $r$-gap, $g_r(\lambda)$, of a partition $\lambda$ is the smallest part of $\lambda$ appearing less than $r$ times. In this article we introduce two new partition functions involving least $r$-gaps. We consider a bisection of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-18 Cristina Ballantine , Mircea Merca

The arithmetic properties of the second order mock theta function $\mathcal{B}(q)$, introduced by McIntosh, defined by \begin{equation*} \mathcal{B}(q) := \sum_{n \geq 0} \frac{q^n (-q;q^2)_n}{(q;q^2)_{n+1}} = \sum_{n \geq 0}b(n)q^n,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-26 Hemjyoti Nath , Hirakjyoti Das

We construct a $k$-fold $q$-series as a generating function of $k$-regular partitions for each positive integer $k$. The $k=1$ case is one of Euler's $q$-series identities pertaining to the partitions into distinct parts. The construction…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-25 Kağan Kurşungöz

In this paper, we develop a unified method for obtaining and proving $m$-dissections of mock theta functions. Our approach builds upon a transformation formula for Appell--Lerch sums due to Hickerson and Mortenson, which allows these sums…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Frank Garvan , Hemjyoti Nath

Partitions wherein the even parts appear in two different colours are known as cubic partitions. Recently, Merca introduced and studied the function $A(n)$, which is defined as the difference between the number of cubic partitions of $n$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-01-26 Nayandeep Deka Baruah , Abhishek Sharma

Motivated by Alladi's recent multi-dimensional generalization of Sylvester's classical identity, we provide a simple combinatorial proof of an overpartition analogue, which contains extra parameters tracking the numbers of overlined parts…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-06 Shane Chern , Shishuo Fu , Dazhao Tang

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

PED partitions are partitions with even parts distinct while odd parts are unrestricted. Similarly, POD partitions have distinct odd parts while even parts are unrestricted. Merca proved several recurrence relations analytically for the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-14 Cristina Ballantine , Amanda Welch

This paper is concerned with a class of partition functions $a(n)$ introduced by Radu and defined in terms of eta-quotients. By utilizing the transformation laws of Newman, Schoeneberg and Robins, and Radu's algorithms, we present an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-11-19 William Y. C. Chen , Julia Q. D. Du , Jack C. D. Zhao

Dyson's rank function and the Andrews--Garvan crank function famously give combinatorial witnesses for Ramanujan's partition function congruences modulo 5, 7, and 11. While these functions can be used to show that the corresponding sets of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-03-23 Kathrin Bringmann , Kevin Gomez , Larry Rolen , Zack Tripp

Capparelli conjectured two modular identities for partitions whose parts satisfy certain gap conditions, where were motivated by the calculation of characters for the standard modules of certain affine Lie algebras and by vertex operator…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-01-13 Kathrin Bringmann , Karl Mahlburg

We compute the Moore-Witten regularized u-plane integral on CP^2, and we confirm their conjecture that it is the generating function for the SO(3)-Donaldson invariants of CP^2. We prove this conjecture using the theory of mock theta…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-04-13 Andreas Malmendier , Ken Ono

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

Mock modular forms, first invented by Ramanujan, provide a beautiful generalization of the usual modular forms. In recent years, it was found that they capture generating functions of the number of microstates of BPS black holes appearing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-14 Sergei Alexandrov

We establish some functional identities of theta functions, an elementary proof of classical fourth-order identities, Landen transformations, and q series from the eigenvectors of the discrete Fourier transform. Also, we derive connection…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-14 Hemant Masal , Subhash Kendre , Hemant Bhate

In this paper we study restricted overpartitions and concave compositions. In several cases the resulting generating functions involve simultaneously modular forms, mock theta functions, mock Maass theta functions, and false theta…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-06 Koustav Banerjee , Kathrin Bringmann , Atul Dixit

For positive integers $m$ we consider the theta functions $f_m(z):=\sum_{mk+1\text{ square }}q^k$. Due to classical identities of Jacobi, it is known that $$f_4\equiv f_6f_{12}\pmod 2.$$ Here we prove that the only triples $(a,b,c)$ for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-06-03 Letong Hong , Shengtong Zhang