Schur's determinants and partition theorems.
Let spt(n) denote the total number of appearances of the smallest parts in all the partitions of n. Recently, we found new combinatorial interpretations of congruences for the spt-function modulo 5 and 7. These interpretations were in terms of a restricted set of weighted vector partitions which we call S-partitions. We prove that the number of self-conjugate S-partitions, counted with a certain weight, is related to the coefficients of a certain mock theta function studied by the first author,...
Soit un polynôme. On appelle série de Dirichlet associée à la fonction : . Dans cet article nous étudions l’existence et les propriétés du prolongement méromorphe d’une telle série sous l’hypothèse qu’il existe tel que : i) quand et et ii) où . Cette hypothèse est probablement optimale et en tout cas contient strictement toutes les classes de polynômes déjà traitées antérieurement. Sous cette hypothèse nos principaux résultats sont : l’existence du prolongement méromorphe au plan...
We show that if A and B are finite sets of real numbers, then the number of triples (a,b,c) ∈ A × B × (A ∪ B) with a + b = 2c is at most (0.15+o(1))(|A|+|B|)² as |A| + |B| → ∞. As a corollary, if A is antisymmetric (that is, A ∩ (-A) = ∅), then there are at most (0.3+o(1))|A|² triples (a,b,c) with a,b,c ∈ A and a - b = 2c. In the general case where A is not necessarily antisymmetric, we show that the number of triples (a,b,c) with a,b,c ∈ A and a - b = 2c is at most (0.5+o(1))|A|². These estimates...