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Congruences for Andrews' spt-function modulo powers of 5, 7 and 13

Number Theory 2010-11-10 v1

Abstract

Congruences are found modulo powers of 5, 7 and 13 for Andrews' smallest parts partition function spt(n). These congruences are reminiscent of Ramanujan's partition congruences modulo powers of 5, 7 and 11. Recently, Ono proved explicit Ramanujan-type congruences for spt(n) modulo p for all primes p>3 which were conjectured earlier by the author. We extend Ono's method to handle the powers of 5, 7 and 13 congruences. We need the theory of weak Maass forms as well as certain classical modular equations for the Dedekind eta-function.

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@article{arxiv.1011.1955,
  title  = {Congruences for Andrews' spt-function modulo powers of 5, 7 and 13},
  author = {F. G. Garvan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.1955},
  year   = {2010}
}

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25 pages

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