An overpartition analogue of q-binomial coefficients. II: Combinatorial proofs and (q,t)-log concavity

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2018.03.011zbMATH Open1391.05039arXiv1701.07915OpenAlexW2964223138WikidataQ113871633 ScholiaQ113871633MaRDI QIDQ721047FDOQ721047

Authors: Jehanne Dousse, Byungchan Kim 

Publication date: 18 July 2018

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In a previous paper, we studied an overpartition analogue of Gaussian polynomials as the generating function for overpartitions fitting inside an $mimesn$ rectangle. Here, we add one more parameter counting the number of overlined parts, obtaining a two-parameter generalization $$ of Gaussian polynomials, which is also a $(q,t)$-analogue of Delannoy numbers. First we obtain finite versions of classical $q$-series identities such as the $q$-binomial theorem and the Lebesgue identity, as well as two-variable generalizations of classical identities involving Gaussian polynomials. Then, by constructing involutions, we obtain an identity involving a finite theta function and prove the $(q,t)$-log concavity of $$. We particularly emphasize the role of combinatorial proofs and the consequences of our results on Delannoy numbers. We conclude with some conjectures about the unimodality of $$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.07915

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zbMATH Keywords

overpartitionscombinatorial proofs\(q\)-binomial coefficientGaussian polynomial\(q\)-log concavitydelannoy numbersfinite versions of \(q\)-series identitiesover-\((q, t)\)-binomial coefficient

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Elementary theory of partitions (11P81) Partition identities; identities of Rogers-Ramanujan type (11P84)

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