Distribution properties for t-hooks in partitions

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Abstract: Partitions, the partition function p(n), and the hook lengths of their Ferrers-Young diagrams are important objects in combinatorics, number theory and representation theory. For positive integers n and t, we study pte(n) (resp. pto(n)), the number of partitions of n with an even (resp. odd) number of t-hooks. We study the limiting behavior of the ratio pte(n)/p(n), which also gives pto(n)/p(n) since pte(n)+pt0(n)=p(n). For even t, we show that limlimits_{n o infty} dfrac{p_t^e(n)}{p(n)} = dfrac{1}{2}, and for odd t we establish the non-uniform distribution limlimits_{n o infty} dfrac{p^e_t(n)}{p(n)} = �egin{cases} dfrac{1}{2} + dfrac{1}{2^{(t+1)/2}} & ext{if } 2 mid n, \ \ dfrac{1}{2} - dfrac{1}{2^{(t+1)/2}} & ext{otherwise.} end{cases} Using the Rademacher circle method, we find an exact formula for pte(n) and pto(n), and this exact formula yields these distribution properties for large n. We also show that for sufficiently large n, the signs of pte(n)pto(n) are periodic.









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