Two congruences involving Andrews-Paule's broken 3-diamond partitions and 5-diamond partitions (Q719910)

The authors prove two congruences involving broken 3-diamond partitions and broken 5-diamond partitions that have been conjectured by \textit{P. Paule} and \textit{S. Radu} [Ramanujan J. 23, No. 1-3, 409--416 (2010; Zbl 1218.05024)]. Theorem 1.1 (Conjecture 3.1, loc. cit.). \[ \prod_{n=1}^\infty (1-q^n)^4(1-q^{2n})^6\equiv 6\sum_{n=0}^\infty \Delta_3(7n+5)q^n\pmod 7. \] Theorem 1.2 (Conjecture 3.3, loc. cit.) \[ E_4(q^2)\prod_{n=1}^\infty (1-q^n)^8(1-q^{2n})^2\equiv 8\sum_{n=0}^\infty \Delta_5(11n+6)q^n\pmod{11}. \] Methods of Lovejoy and Ono have been adapted to prove the two theorems. This new class of combinatorial objects called broken \(k\)-diamonds was introduced by \textit{G. E. Andrews} and \textit{P. Paule} [Acta Arith. 126, No. 3, 281--294 (2007; Zbl 1110.05010)]. Their generating functions connect to modular forms and give rise to a variety of partition congruences. \textit{S. H. Chan} [Discrete Math. 308, No. 23, 5735--5741 (2008; Zbl 1206.05020)] proved the first infinite family of congruences when \(k=2\).