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Partitions into distinct parts with bounded largest part

Number Theory 2020-11-10 v2 Combinatorics Probability

Abstract

We prove an asymptotic formula for the number of partitions of nn into distinct parts where the largest part is at most tnt\sqrt{n} for fixed tRt \in \mathbb{R}. Our method follows a probabilistic approach of Romik, who gave a simpler proof of Szekeres' asymptotic formula for distinct parts partitions when instead the number of parts is bounded by tnt\sqrt{n}. Although equivalent to a circle method/saddle-point method calculation, the probabilistic approach predicts the shape of the asymptotic formula, to some degree.

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@article{arxiv.2004.12036,
  title  = {Partitions into distinct parts with bounded largest part},
  author = {Walter Bridges},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.12036},
  year   = {2020}
}
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