Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4655043 Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 2016 21 Pages PDF
Abstract

A.M. Legendre noted that Euler's pentagonal number theorem implies that the number of partitions of n into an even number of distinct parts almost always equals the number of partitions of n into an odd number of distinct parts (the exceptions occur when n is a pentagonal number). Subsequently other classes of partitions, including overpartitions, have yielded related Legendre theorems. In this paper, we examine four subclasses of overpartitions that have surprising Legendre theorems.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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