Congruences for a restricted \(m\)-ary partition function (Q1567682): Difference between revisions

An \(m\)-ary partition of \(n\) is a partition whose parts must be powers of \(m\). The number \(b_{m,j}(n)\) is defined as the number of \(m\)-ary partitions of \(n\) such that at most \(i+j\) copies of each possible distinct part, \(m^i\), occur. The following family of congruences is obtained using generating functions \(b_{m,m-1}(m^{k+ t}n+ m^{k+ t-1}+ m^{k+t-2}+\cdots+ m^k)\equiv 0\pmod{2^{t-1}k},\) where \(k\geq 2\) and \(1\leq t\leq m-k+ 1\).