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Algebra of overpartitions

Number Theory 2026-01-21 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

In a 2022 paper, Dawsey, Just and the present author prove that the set of integer partitions, taken as a monoid under a partition multiplication operation I defined in my Ph.D. work, is isomorphic to the positive integers as a monoid under integer multiplication. In this note, I extend partition multiplication to the set of overpartitions, which are of much interest in partition theory. I prove the overpartitions form an Abelian group under partition multiplication. Moreover, the overpartitions and the positive rational numbers are isomorphic as multiplicative groups. I then prove further overpartition isomorphisms and discuss approaches to a ring theory of overpartitions.

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@article{arxiv.2410.00941,
  title  = {Algebra of overpartitions},
  author = {Robert Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.00941},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

7 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Journal of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society

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