Derivatives and Integrals of Polynomials Associated with Integer Partitions

MaRDI QIDQ6374326arXivFDO

Authors Madeline Locus Dawsey, Tyler Russell, Dannie Urban

Publication date 2 August 2021

Published in arXiv

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Polynomials in number theory (11C08) Analytic theory of partitions (11P82)

arXiv classification

math.COmath.NT

Abstract: Integer partitions express the different ways that a positive integer may be written as a sum of positive integers. Here we explore the analytic properties of a new polynomial $f_{l}ambda(x)$ that we call the partition polynomial for the partition $lambda$, with the aim to learn new properties of partitions. We prove a recursive formula for the derivatives of $f_{l}ambda(x)$ involving Stirling numbers of the second kind, show that the set of integrals from 0 to 1 of a normalized version of $f_{l}ambda(x)$ is dense in $[0,1/2]$, pose a few open questions, and formulate a conjecture relating the integral to the length of the partition. We also provide specific examples throughout to support our speculation that an in-depth analysis of partition polynomials could further strengthen our understanding of partitions.

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