Congruences modulo powers of 3 for 2-color partition triples

DOI10.1007/S10998-018-0258-8MaRDI QIDQ2317463zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dazhao Tang

Publication date 9 August 2019

Published in Periodica Mathematica Hungarica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.08942

zbMATH Keywords

2-color partition triplescongruencespartition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Partitions; congruences and congruential restrictions (11P83)

Abstract: Let $p_{k,3}(n)$ enumerate the number of 2-color partition triples of $n$ where one of the colors appears only in parts that are multiples of $k$. In this paper, we prove several infinite families of congruences modulo powers of 3 for $p_{k,3}(n)$ with $k=1,3$, and $9$. For example, for all integers $ngeq0$ and $alphageq1$, we prove that �egin{align*} p_{3,3}left(3^{alpha}n+dfrac{3^{alpha}+1}{2} ight) &equiv0pmod{3^{alpha+1}} end{align*} and �egin{align*} p_{3,3}left(3^{alpha+1}n+dfrac{5 imes3^{alpha}+1}{2} ight) &equiv0pmod{3^{alpha+4}}. end{align*}

Review text

Consider triples of partitions of an integer $n$ into two colors, where one of the colors appears only in parts that are multiples of $k$. The generating functions for the number of such partitions is $$ \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}p_{k,3}(n)q^n=\frac{1}{(q;q)_{\infty}^3 (q^k;q^k)_{\infty}^3}=\prod_{n=0}^{\infty}(1-q^{n+1})^{-3}(1-q^{kn+k})^{-3}.$$ For example, for $k=3$ we get $$ 1+3 q+9 q^2+25 q^3+60 q^4+135 q^5+296 q^6+609 q^7+1215 q^8+2362 q^9+\cdots. $$ The author uses techniques developed in \textit{S. Chern} and \textit{C. Wang} [``Ramanujan-type congruences for 2-color partition triples, Preprint, \url{arXiv:1706.05667}] and \textit{M. D. Hirschhorn} [Ramanujan J. 45, No. 2, 517--520 (2018; Zbl 1420.11131)], to obtain several congruence conditions for some special coefficients of $p_{1,3}$, $p_{3,3}$, $p_{9,3}$, via $q$-series manipulations. For example, $$ p_{3,3}\left(3^\alpha n+\frac{3^\alpha +1}{2}\right)\equiv 0 \pmod{3^{\alpha+1}}.$$

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