Asymptotic normality conjecture for distinct-part core-partition sizes

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For each positive integer ss, let XsX_s be the size of a uniformly chosen (s,s+1)(s,s+1)-core partition with distinct parts. Let E[Xs]\mathbb{E}[X_s] and Var⁡(Xs)\operatorname{Var}(X_s) denote its expectation and variance. Asymptotic normality conjecture. The distribution of

Xs−E[Xs]Var⁡(Xs)\frac{X_s-\mathbb{E}[X_s]}{\sqrt{\operatorname{Var}(X_s)}}

converges to the standard normal distribution as s→∞s\to\infty. The conjecture is motivated by the agreement of the first 16 limiting standardized central moments with those of the normal distribution; the source presents this as evidence rather than a proof.

References

Primary source

Anthony Zaleski, “Explicit expressions for the moments of the size of an (s,s+1)-core partition with distinct parts”, arXiv:1608.02262 (2016).

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