Congruences for the number of spin characters of the double covers of the symmetric and alternating groups

DOI10.1016/J.AAM.2016.06.009zbMATH Open1344.05018arXiv1505.02125OpenAlexW2471154052MaRDI QIDQ308982FDOQ308982

Rishi Nath, James A. Sellers

Publication date: 6 September 2016

Published in: Advances in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $p$ be an odd prime. The bar partitions with sign and $p$-bar-core partitions with sign respectively label the spin characters and $p$-defect zero spin characters of the double cover of the symmetric group, and by restriction, those of the alternating group. The generating functions for these objects have been determined by J. Olsson. We study these functions from an arithmetic perspective, using classical analytic tools and elementary generating function manipulation to obtain many Ramanujan-like congruences.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.02125

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zbMATH Keywords

partitiongenerating functioncongruence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Partitions; congruences and congruential restrictions (11P83)

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