Asymptotic distribution of odd balanced unimodal sequences with rank congruent to \(a\) modulo \(c\) (Q2065746)

A sequence \(\{a_j\}_{j=1}^t\) of positive integers is said to be unimodal if there is a peak \(a_c\) in the sequence: \(a_1\le a_2\le \dots\le a_c\ge a_{c+1}\ge a_{c+2}\ge \dots \ge a_t\). This unimodal sequence has size (or weight) \(n\) if \(n=\sum_{j=1}^t a_j\). If we replace all \(\le\) and \(\ge\) with strict inequalities we arrive at the strong unimodal sequences. The rank \(m\) of an unimodal sequence is defined as the number of parts after the peak minus the number of parts before the peak. \textit{R. C. Rhoades} [Int. Math. Res. Not. 2014, 700--719 (2014; Zbl 1466.11067)] proved an asymptotic formula for the number of strongly unimodal sequences of weight \(n\). \textit{K. Bringmann} et al. [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 372, 7087--7109 (2019; Zbl 1426.05006)] extended this result for fixed rank \(m\) in terms of the classical partition function as \(\sim p(n)/4\). \textit{B. Kim} et al. [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 144, 3687--3700 (2016; Zbl 1404.11052)] introduced the notion of odd-balanced unimodal sequences as unimodal sequences of size \(2n+2\), where the peak is even, the odd parts can repeat, but must be identical on each side of the peak, and the rest of the members of the sequence satisfy strict inequalities. In the paper under review the author considers the above odd-balanced unimodal sequences with the condition that the rank is congruent to \(a\) (mod \(c\)) where \(c>2\) and \(c\) is not a multiple of 4. The main result of the paper is that the number of such sequences are asymptotically equidistributed about a fourth root of \(n\) times the overpartition function \(\overline{p}(n)\).