Ramanujan type identities and congruences for partition pairs

AbstractUsing elementary methods, we establish several new Ramanujan type identities and congruences for certain pairs of partition functions

Arithmetic Properties of Overpartition Pairs

Bringmann and Lovejoy introduced a rank for overpartition pairs and investigated its role in congruence properties of $\bar{pp}(n)$, the number of overpartition pairs of n. In particular, they applied the theory of Klein forms to show that there exist many Ramanujan-type congruences for the number $\bar{pp}(n)$. In this paper, we shall derive two Ramanujan-type identities and some explicit congruences for $\bar{pp}(n)$. Moreover, we find three ranks as combinatorial interpretations of the fact that $\bar{pp}(n)$ is divisible by three for any n. We also construct infinite families of congruences for $\bar{pp}(n)$ modulo 3, 5, and 9.Comment: 19 page

Some Smallest Parts Functions from Variations of Bailey's Lemma

We construct new smallest parts partition functions and smallest parts crank functions by considering variations of Bailey's Lemma and conjugate Bailey pairs. The functions we introduce satisfy simple linear congruences modulo $3$ and $5$. We introduce and give identities for two four variable $q$-hypergeometric functions; these functions specialize to some of our new spt-crank-type functions as well as many known spt-crank-type functions

Combinatorial Properties of Rogers-Ramanujan-Type Identities Arising from Hall-Littlewood Polynomials

Here we consider the $q$-series coming from the Hall-Littlewood polynomials, \begin{equation*} R_\nu(a,b;q)=\sum_{\substack{\lambda \\[1pt] \lambda_1\leq a}} q^{c|\lambda|} P_{2\lambda}\big(1,q,q^2,\dots;q^{2b+d}\big). \end{equation*} These series were defined by Griffin, Ono, and Warnaar in their work on the framework of the Rogers-Ramanujan identities. We devise a recursive method for computing the coefficients of these series when they arise within the Rogers-Ramanujan framework. Furthermore, we study the congruence properties of certain quotients and products of these series, generalizing the famous Ramanujan congruence \begin{equation*} p(5n+4)\equiv0\pmod{5}. \end{equation*}Comment: 16 pages v2: Minor changes included, to appear in Annals of Combinatoric