Relations Between the Rank and the Crank Modulo 9 (Q4024895)

Let \(\pi=\pi_ 0+ \pi_ 1+\cdots+ \pi_{s-1}\) be a partition whose parts are arranged in non-increasing order. The rank of \(\pi\) is defined as \(\pi_ 0-s\). Let \(N(r,m,n)\) be the number of partitions of \(n\) with rank congruent to \(r\pmod m\). The crank of \(\pi\) is defined in the following way: if \(t=\pi_ 0-\pi_ 1\), \(\pi\) has crank \(t-\pi_ t\), if \(t\neq 0\) and \(-s\) if \(t=0\). The number of partitions of \(n\) with crank \(m\) is denoted by \(M(m,n)\) and the number with crank congruent to \(r\pmod m\) by \(M(r,m,n)\). Several relations between \(M(r,m,an+c)\) and between \(M(r,m,an+c)\) and \(N(r,m,an+c)\) have been proved or conjectured for different moduli by Garvan, the author and N. Santa-Gadea. The remaining ones (modulo 9) are proved in this article. A typical result is \(M(2,9,3n+1)+ M(3,9,3n+1)= N(3,9,3n+1)+ N(4,9,3n+1)\).