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The number of smallest parts in the partitions of n

  • George E. Andrews

Abstract

We denote by spt(n) the total number of appearances of the smallest part in each integer partition of n. We shall relate spt(n) to the Atkin-Garvan moments of ranks, and we shall prove that 5 | spt(5n + 4), 7 | spt(7n + 5) and 13 | spt(13n + 6).

Received: 2007-06-22
Revised: 2007-07-31
Published Online: 2008-10-29
Published in Print: 2008-November

© Walter de Gruyter Berlin · New York 2008

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