Chan and Mao's monotonicity conjecture for overpartition ranks

Let N(m,n)\overline{N}(m,n) denote the number of overpartitions of nn with DD-rank mm, and let N2(m,n)\overline{N2}(m,n) denote the number of overpartitions of nn with M2M_2-rank mm. Chan and Mao's conjecture. For (m,n)(0,4)(m,n)\neq (0,4) with nm+2n\neq |m|+2, one has

N(m,n)N(m,n1).\overline{N}(m,n)\geq \overline{N}(m,n-1).

For mZm\in\mathbb{Z} and n0n\geq 0, one has

N2(m,n)N2(m,n1).\overline{N2}(m,n)\geq \overline{N2}(m,n-1).

These inequalities assert monotonicity in the size parameter for the two overpartition rank distributions, with the stated exception and restriction for the DD-rank inequality. The conjecture was proposed by Chan and Mao in 2014; its resolution status is not established by the supplied source context.

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Primary source

Huan Xiong and Wenston J. T. Zang, “Monotonicity properties for ranks of overpartitions”, arXiv:1808.04282 (2019).

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