Journal of Number Theory ( IF 0.7 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-24 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2021.06.034 William J. Keith 1 , Fabrizio Zanello 1
We investigate the parity of the coefficients of certain eta-quotients, extensively examining the case of m-regular partitions. Our theorems concern the density of their odd values, in particular establishing lacunarity modulo 2 for specified coefficients; self-similarities modulo 2; and infinite families of congruences in arithmetic progressions. For all , we either establish new results of these types where none were known, extend previous ones, or conjecture that such results are impossible.
All of our work is consistent with a new, overarching conjecture that we present for arbitrary eta-quotients, greatly extending Parkin-Shanks' classical conjecture for the partition function. We pose several other open questions throughout the paper, and conclude by suggesting a list of specific research directions for future investigations in this area.
中文翻译:
某些 eta 商的系数的奇偶性
我们研究了某些 eta 商的系数的奇偶性,广泛研究了m正则分区的情况。我们的定理涉及奇数值的密度,特别是为指定系数建立模 2 的空隙;自相似性模 2;和无限的等差级数同余族。对所有人,我们要么在未知的情况下建立这些类型的新结果,要么扩展以前的结果,或者推测这样的结果是不可能的。
我们所有的工作都与我们针对任意 eta 商提出的一个新的总体猜想相一致,极大地扩展了 Parkin-Shanks 对配分函数的经典猜想。我们在整篇论文中提出了其他几个未解决的问题,最后提出了该领域未来调查的具体研究方向清单。