Combinatorial proof of a congruence for partitions into two sizes of part
Previous work showed that, for [Formula: see text] the number of partitions of [Formula: see text] into exactly two part sizes, one has [Formula: see text]. The earlier proof required the technology of modular forms, and a combinatorial proof was desired. This paper provides the requested proof, in the process refining divisibility to finer subclasses. Some of these subclasses have counts closely related to the divisor function [Formula: see text], and we offer a conjecture on a potential rank statistic.
Authors
- Eli R. DeWitt
- William J. Keith
Institutions
- Michigan Technological University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Number Theory
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793042126500569
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Mathematical Identities
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00