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For natural numbers a,b and positive integer n, let R(a,b;n) denote the number of representations of n in the form ${\sum }_{i=1}^a(x{²}_i+x_i{y}_i+y{²}_i)+2{\sum }_{j=1}^b(u{²}_j+u_j{v}_j+v{²}_j)$. Lomadze discovered a formula for R(6,0;n). Explicit formulas for R(1,5;n), R(2,4;n), R(3,3;n), R(4,2;n) and R(5,1;n) are determined in this paper by using the (p;k)-parametrization of theta functions due to Alaca, Alaca and Williams.

Let $p{̅}_o\left(n\right)$ denote the number of overpartitions of n in which only odd parts are used. Some congruences modulo 3 and powers of 2 for the function $p{̅}_o\left(n\right)$ have been derived by Hirschhorn and Sellers, and Lovejoy and Osburn. In this paper, employing 2-dissections of certain quotients of theta functions due to Ramanujan, we prove some new infinite families of Ramanujan-type congruences for $p{̅}_o\left(n\right)$ modulo 3. For example, we prove that for n, α ≥ 0, $p{̅}_o\left(4^{\alpha }(24n+17)\right)\equiv p{̅}_o\left(4^{\alpha }(24n+23)\right)\equiv 0\left(mod3\right)$.

Let $\overline{pp}\left(n\right)$ denote the number of overpartition pairs of n. Bringmann and Lovejoy (2008) proved that for n ≥ 0, $\overline{pp}(3n+2)\equiv 0\left(mod3\right)$. They also proved that there are infinitely many Ramanujan-type congruences modulo every power of odd primes for $\overline{pp}\left(n\right)$. Recently, Chen and Lin (2012) established some Ramanujan-type identities and explicit congruences for $\overline{pp}\left(n\right)$. Furthermore, they also constructed infinite families of congruences for $\overline{pp}\left(n\right)$ modulo 3 and 5, and two congruence relations modulo 9. In this paper, we prove several new infinite...

Let p̅(n) denote the number of overpartitions of n. It was conjectured by Hirschhorn and Sellers that p̅(40n+35) ≡ 0 (mod 40) for n ≥ 0. Employing 2-dissection formulas of theta functions due to Ramanujan, and Hirschhorn and Sellers, we obtain a generating function for p̅(40n+35) modulo 5. Using the (p, k)-parametrization of theta functions given by Alaca, Alaca and Williams, we prove the congruence p̅(40n+35) ≡ 0 (mod 5) for n ≥ 0. Combining this congruence and the congruence p̅(4n+3) ≡ 0 (mod...

For nonnegative integers a, b, c and positive integer n, let N(a,b,c;n) denote the number of representations of n by the form ${\sum }_{i=1}^a(x{²}_i+x_i{y}_i+y{²}_i)+2{\sum }_{j=1}^b(u{²}_j+u_j{v}_j+v{²}_j)+4{\sum }_{k=1}^c(r{²}_k+r_k{s}_k+s{²}_k)$. Explicit formulas for N(a,b,c;n) for some small values were determined by Alaca, Alaca and Williams, by Chan and Cooper, by Köklüce, and by Lomadze. We establish formulas for N(2,1,0;n), N(2,0,1;n), N(1,2,0;n), N(1,0,2;n) and N(1,1,1;n) by employing the (p, k)-parametrization of three 2-dimensional theta functions due to Alaca, Alaca and Williams.