Straub's largest-size conjecture for odd (s,s+2)(s,s+2)-core partitions

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Let ss be an odd positive integer. An (s,s+2)(s,s+2)-core partition is a partition that is simultaneously an ss-core and an (s+2)(s+2)-core, and its parts are required to be distinct. Straub's conjecture. The largest size of an (s,s+2)(s,s+2)-core partition into distinct parts is

(s2−1)(s+3)(5s+17)384.\frac{(s^2-1)(s+3)(5s+17)}{384}.

Straub posed this conjecture in the study of simultaneous core partitions; the surrounding paper focuses on the number and largest size of (2k+1,2k+3)(2k+1,2k+3)-core partitions into distinct parts and states that it verifies the two conjectures mentioned. The supplied text does not explicitly give a resolution status for this individual claim, so it is recorded as open.

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Sherry H. F. Yan, Guizhi Qin, Zemin Jin and Robin D. P. Zhou, “On (2k+1, 2k+3)-core partitions with distinct parts”, arXiv:1604.03729 (2016).

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