Ramanujan-type congruences for overpartitions modulo 16

DOI10.1007/S11139-015-9689-5zbMATH Open1355.11101arXiv1408.1597OpenAlexW2949824297MaRDI QIDQ282992FDOQ282992

Li Zhang, Qing-Hu Hou, Lisa Hui Sun, William Y. C. Chen

Publication date: 13 May 2016

Published in: The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $overlinep(n)$ denote the number of overpartitions of $n$. Recently, Fortin-Jacob-Mathieu and Hirschhorn-Sellers independently obtained 2-, 3- and 4-dissections of the generating function for $overlinep(n)$ and derived a number of congruences for $overlinep(n)$ modulo $4$, $8$ and $64$ including $overlinep(5n+2)equiv0pmod4$, $overlinep(4n+3)equiv0pmod8$ and $overlinep(8n+7)equiv0pmod64$. By employing dissection techniques, Yao and Xia obtained congruences for $overlinep(n)$ modulo $8,16$ and $32$, such as $overlinep(48n+26)equiv0pmod8$, $overlinep(24n+17)equiv0pmod16$ and $overlinep(72n+69)equiv0pmod32$. In this paper, we give a 16-dissection of the generating function for $overlinep(n)$ modulo 16 and we show that $overlinep(16n+14)equiv0pmod16$ for $nge0$. Moreover, by using the $2$-adic expansion of the generating function of $overlinep(n)$ due to Mahlburg, we obtain that $overlinep(el{l}^{2}n+rell)equiv0pmod16$, where $nge0$, $ellequiv-1pmod8$ is an odd prime and $r$ is a positive integer with $ellmidr$. In particular, for $ell=7$, we get $overlinep(49n+7)equiv0pmod16$ and $overlinep(49n+14)equiv0pmod16$ for $ngeq0$. We also find four congruence relations: $overlinep(4n)equiv(-1{)}^{n}overlinep(n)pmod16$ for $nge0$, $overlinep(4n)equiv(-1{)}^{n}overlinep(n)pmod32$ for $n$ being not a square of an odd positive integer, $overlinep(4n)equiv(-1{)}^{n}overlinep(n)pmod64$ for $notequiv1,2,5pmod8$ and $overlinep(4n)equiv(-1{)}^{n}overlinep(n)pmod128$ for $nequiv0pmod4$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.1597

zbMATH Keywords

2-adic expansiondissection formulaoverpartitionRamanujan-type congruence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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