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Proof of a Conjecture of Hirschhorn and Sellers on Overpartitions
Let denote the number of overpartitions of . It was
conjectured by Hirschhorn and Sellers that \bar{p}(40n+35)\equiv 0\ ({\rm
mod\} 40) for . Employing 2-dissection formulas of quotients of theta
functions due to Ramanujan, and Hirschhorn and Sellers, we obtain a generating
function for modulo 5. Using the -parametrization of
theta functions given by Alaca, Alaca and Williams, we give a proof of the
congruence \bar{p}(40n+35)\equiv 0\ ({\rm mod\} 5). Combining this congruence
and the congruence \bar{p}(4n+3)\equiv 0\ ({\rm mod\} 8) obtained by
Hirschhorn and Sellers, and Fortin, Jacob and Mathieu, we give a proof of the
conjecture of Hirschhorn and Sellers.Comment: 11 page
The q-WZ Method for Infinite Series
Motivated by the telescoping proofs of two identities of Andrews and Warnaar,
we find that infinite q-shifted factorials can be incorporated into the
implementation of the q-Zeilberger algorithm in the approach of Chen, Hou and
Mu to prove nonterminating basic hypergeometric series identities. This
observation enables us to extend the q-WZ method to identities on infinite
series. As examples, we will give the q-WZ pairs for some classical identities
such as the q-Gauss sum, the sum, Ramanujan's sum and
Bailey's sum.Comment: 17 page
Interlacing Log-concavity of the Boros-Moll Polynomials
We introduce the notion of interlacing log-concavity of a polynomial sequence
, where is a polynomial of degree m with
positive coefficients . This sequence of polynomials is said to be
interlacing log-concave if the ratios of consecutive coefficients of
interlace the ratios of consecutive coefficients of for any . Interlacing log-concavity is stronger than the log-concavity. We show that
the Boros-Moll polynomials are interlacing log-concave. Furthermore we give a
sufficient condition for interlacing log-concavity which implies that some
classical combinatorial polynomials are interlacing log-concave.Comment: 10 page
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