Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4593661 Journal of Number Theory 2015 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
By using the M2-rank of an overpartition as well as a residual crank, we give another combinatorial refinement of the congruences spt¯2(3n)≡spt¯2(3n+1)≡0(mod3). Here spt¯2(n) is the total number of appearances of the smallest parts among the overpartitions of n where the smallest part is even and not overlined. Our proof depends on Bailey's Lemma and the rank difference formulas of Lovejoy and Osburn for the M2-rank of an overpartition. This congruence was previously refined using the rank of an overpartition.
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