Eta-quotients and divisibility of certain partition functions by powers of primes

Publication date: 18 January 2021

Abstract: Andrews'

(k, i)

-singular overpartition function

o v e r l i n e C_{k, i} (n)

counts the number of overpartitions of

n

in which no part is divisible by

k

and only parts

e q u i v p m i p m o d k

may be overlined. In recent times, divisibility of

o v e r l i n e C_{3 e l l, e l l} (n)

,

o v e r l i n e C_{4 e l l, e l l} (n)

and

o v e r l i n e C_{6 e l l, e l l} (n)

by

2

and

3

are studied for certain values of

e l l

. In this article, we study divisibility of

o v e r l i n e C_{3 e l l, e l l} (n)

,

o v e r l i n e C_{4 e l l, e l l} (n)

and

o v e r l i n e C_{6 e l l, e l l} (n)

by primes

p g e q 5

. For all positive integer

e l l

and prime divisors

p g e q 5

of

e l l

, we prove that

o v e r l i n e C_{3 e l l, e l l} (n)

,

o v e r l i n e C_{4 e l l, e l l} (n)

and

o v e r l i n e C_{6 e l l, e l l} (n)

are almost always divisible by arbitrary powers of

p

. For

s i n 3, 4, 6

, we next show that the set of those

n

for which

o v e r l i n e C_{s c d o t e l l, e l l} (n) o t e q u i v 0 p m o d p_{i}^{k}

is infinite, where

k

is a positive integer satisfying

p_{i}^{k - 1} g e q e l l

. We further improve a result of Gordon and Ono on divisibility of

e l l

-regular partitions by powers of certain primes. We also improve a result of Ray and Chakraborty on divisibility of

e l l

-regular overpartitions by powers of certain primes.

This page was built for publication: Eta-quotients and divisibility of certain partition functions by powers of primes