Stacked lattice boxes (Q1306589)

From MaRDI portal
Revision as of 11:59, 31 January 2024 by Import240129110113 (talk | contribs) (Added link to MaRDI item.)
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Stacked lattice boxes
scientific article

    Statements

    Stacked lattice boxes (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    10 April 2000
    0 references
    The paper studies the number of solutions, \(L_k(n)\), of the Diophantine equation \(n= x_1x_2+ x_2x_3+ x_3x_4+\cdots+ x_kx_{k+1}\), where each \(x_i\geq 1\). Closed forms for \(L_k(n)\) in terms of divisor sums have been known for \(k\leq 4\), the case \(k= 4\) is equivalent to ``Liouville's last theorem.'' The paper yields a closed form in terms of divisor sums for the case \(k=5\) and yields an asymptotic formula for \(L_k(n)\). It is remarkable that another classic problem comes into play, MacMahon's partition function \(\nu_k(n)\), which is the number of partitions of \(n\), in which the parts take exactly \(k\) distinct values.
    0 references
    Liouville methods
    0 references
    divisor sums
    0 references
    partition
    0 references

    Identifiers

    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references