Parity of the coefficients of certain eta-quotients. II: The case of even-regular partitions

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2023.04.009zbMATH Open1525.11121arXiv2302.00708MaRDI QIDQ6156548FDOQ6156548

Authors: William J. Keith, Fabrizio Zanello 

Publication date: 13 June 2023

Published in: Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We continue our study of the density of the odd values of eta-quotients, here focusing on the $m$-regular partition functions $b_m$ for $m$ even. Based on extensive computational evidence, we propose an elegant conjecture which, in particular, completely classifies such densities: Let $m=2^j{m}_0$ with $m_0$ odd. If $2^j<m_0$, then the odd density of $b_m$ is $1/2$; moreover, such density is equal to $1/2$ on every (nonconstant) subprogression $An+B$. If $2^j>m_0$, then $b_m$, which is already known to have density zero, is identically even on infinitely many non-nested subprogressions. This and all other conjectures of this paper are consistent with our master conjecture on eta-quotients presented in the previous work. In general, our results on $b_m$ for $m$ even determine behaviors considerably different from the case of $m$ odd. Also interesting, it frequently happens that on subprogressions $An+B$, $b_m$ matches the parity of the multipartition functions $p_t$, for certain values of $t$. We make a suitable use of Ramanujan-Kolberg identities to deduce a large class of such results; as an example, $b_{28}(49n+12)equiv{p}_3(7n+2)pmod2$. Additional consequences are several almost always congruences for various $b_m$, as well as new parity results specifically for $b_{11}$. We wrap up our work with a much simpler proof of the main result of a recent paper by Cherubini-Mercuri, which fully characterized the parity of $b_8$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.00708

zbMATH Keywords

partition functionpartition identityregular partitioneta-quotientdensity odd valuesmodular form modulo 2parity of the partition function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Congruences for modular and (p)-adic modular forms (11F33) Analytic theory of partitions (11P82) Partitions; congruences and congruential restrictions (11P83) Partition identities; identities of Rogers-Ramanujan type (11P84)

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