Asymptotics for rank partition functions
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Abstract:
In this paper, we obtain asymptotic formulas for an infinite class of rank generating functions. As an application, we solve a conjecture of Andrews and Lewis on inequalities between certain ranks.References
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Additional Information
- Kathrin Bringmann
- Affiliation: Mathematisches Institut, Universtät Köln, Weyertal 86-90, 50931 Köln, Germany
- MR Author ID: 774752
- Email: kbringma@math.uni-koeln.de
- Received by editor(s): February 26, 2007
- Published electronically: February 4, 2009
- © Copyright 2009 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 361 (2009), 3483-3500
- MSC (2000): Primary 11P82, 05A17
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-09-04553-X
- MathSciNet review: 2491889