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Congruences of the partition function

Number Theory 2009-04-17 v1

Abstract

Let p(n)p(n) denote the partition function. In this article, we will show that congruences of the form p(mjkn+B)0modmfor alln0 p(m^j\ell^kn+B)\equiv 0\mod m \text{for all} n\ge 0 exist for all primes mm and \ell satisfying m13m\ge 13 and 2,3,m\ell\neq 2,3,m. Here the integer kk depends on the Hecke eigenvalues of a certain invariant subspace of Sm/21(Γ0(576),χ12)S_{m/2-1}(\Gamma_0(576),\chi_{12}) and can be explicitly computed. More generally, we will show that for each integer i>0i>0 there exists an integer kk such that for every non-negative integers jij\ge i with a properly chosen BB the congruence p(mjkn+B)0modmi p(m^j\ell^kn+B)\equiv 0\mod m^i holds for all integers nn not divisible by \ell.

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@article{arxiv.0904.2530,
  title  = {Congruences of the partition function},
  author = {Yifan Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.2530},
  year   = {2009}
}

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