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Inequalities between overpartition ranks for all moduli

Number Theory 2020-11-06 v1

Abstract

In this paper we give a full description of the inequalities that can occur between overpartition ranks. If N(a,c,n) \overline{N}(a,c,n) denotes the number of overpartitions of n n with rank congruent to a a modulo c, c, we prove that for any c7 c\ge7 and 0a<bc2 0\le a<b\le\left\lfloor\frac{c}{2}\right\rfloor we have N(a,c,n)>N(b,c,n) \overline{N}(a,c,n)>\overline{N}(b,c,n) for nn large enough. That the sign of the rank differences N(a,c,n)N(b,c,n) \overline{N}(a,c,n)-\overline{N}(b,c,n) depends on the residue class of n n modulo c c in the case of small moduli, such as c=6, c=6, is known due to the work of Ji, Zhang and Zhao (2018) and Ciolan (2020). We show that the same behavior holds for c{2,3,4,5}. c\in\{2,3, 4,5\}.

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@article{arxiv.2011.02984,
  title  = {Inequalities between overpartition ranks for all moduli},
  author = {Alexandru Ciolan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.02984},
  year   = {2020}
}

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17 pages

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