Proving Two Partition Identities

Authors

  • Robson da Silva Universidade Federal do ABC - UFABC
  • Jair Cunha Filho Universidade Federal de Itajubá
  • José Plínio Oliveira Santos Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5540/tema.2012.013.02.0133

Abstract

In this paper we give combinatorial proofs for two partition identities. The first one solves a recent open question formulated by G. E. Andrews.

Author Biographies

Robson da Silva, Universidade Federal do ABC - UFABC

Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição - CMCC

Jair Cunha Filho, Universidade Federal de Itajubá

Departamento de Matemática e Computação

José Plínio Oliveira Santos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Departamento de Matemática Aplicada

References

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Published

2012-06-01

How to Cite

da Silva, R., Filho, J. C., & Santos, J. P. O. (2012). Proving Two Partition Identities. Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics, 13(2), 133–142. https://doi.org/10.5540/tema.2012.013.02.0133

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2012)

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Original Article

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