For more information about this meeting, contact Matthew Katz, James Sellers, George Andrews.
| Title: | An Unexpected Congruence Modulo 5 for 4--Colored Generalized Frobenius Partitions |
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| Seminar: | Combinatorics/Partitions Seminar |
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| Speaker: | James Sellers, PSU |
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| Abstract: |
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| In his 1984 AMS Memoir, George Andrews defined the family of $k$--colored generalized Frobenius partition functions. These are denoted by $c\phi_k(n)$ where $k\geq 1$ is the number of colors in question. In that Memoir, Andrews proved (among many other things) that, for all $n\geq 0,$ $c\phi_2(5n+3) \equiv 0\pmod{5}.$ Soon after, many authors proved congruence properties for various $k$--colored generalized Frobenius partition functions, typically with a small number of colors. In 2011, Baruah and Sarmah proved a number of congruence properties for $c\phi_4$, all with moduli which are powers of 4. In this brief note, we add to the collection of congruences for $c\phi_4$ by proving this function satisfies an unexpected result modulo 5. The proof is elementary, relying on Baruah and Sarmah's results as well as work of Srinivasa Ramanujan. |
Room Reservation Information
| Room Number: | MB106 |
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| Date: | 01 / 15 / 2013 |
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| Time: | 11:15am - 12:05pm |
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