Proofs of some conjectures of Keith and Zanello on \(t\)-regular partition (Q2685169)

A \(t\)-regular partition of a positive integer \(n\) is a partition of \(n\) such that none of its part is divisible by \(t\). Let \(b_t(n)\) denote the number of \(t\)-regular partitions of \(n\). \textit{W. J. Keith} and \textit{F. Zanello} [J. Number Theory 235, 275--304 (2022; Zbl 1491.11096)] studied \(t\)-regular partitions for certain values of \(t\) and posed the following conjectures: Conjecture 1. For any prime \(p > 3\), let \(\alpha\equiv -24^{-1} \pmod {p^2}\), \(0<\alpha<p^2\). It holds for a positive proportion of primes \(p\) that \[ \sum_{n=0}^\infty b_3(2(p\,n+\alpha))\,q^n \equiv \sum_{n=0}^\infty b_3(2n)\, q^{pn} \pmod 2. \] Conjecture 2. For a positive proportion of primes \(p\), it holds that \[ \sum_{n=0}^\infty b_{25}(2p\,n+\alpha)\,q^n \equiv q^{\beta} \sum_{n=0}^\infty b_{25}(2n+1)\, q^{pn} \pmod 2. \] for some \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) depending on \(p\). In this paper, the authors prove these conjectures of Keith and Zanello.