The 2-adic valuation conjecture for even-colored 2-ary partition functions

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Let cm(n)c_m(n) denote the mm-colored binary partition function, and let u2 u_2 be the 2-adic valuation. For positive integers k,nk,n and nonnegative integers kk as specified below, consider the differences of the values of cmc_m. 2-adic valuation conjecture. For kinN+kin\mathbb{N}_{+} and each n∈N+n\in\mathbb{N}_{+},

ν2(c2k(4n)−c2k(n))=ν2(n)+2ν2(k)+3.\nu_{2}(c_{2k}(4n)-c_{2k}(n))=\nu_{2}(n)+2\nu_{2}(k)+3.

Moreover, for k∈Nk\in\mathbb{N} and n∈N+n\in\mathbb{N}_{+},

ν2(c4k+1(4n)−c4k+1(n))≥ν2(n)+3,\nu_{2}(c_{4k+1}(4n)-c_{4k+1}(n))\geq\nu_{2}(n)+3, ν2(c4k+3(4n)−c4k+3(n))≥ν2(n)+6.\nu_{2}(c_{4k+3}(4n)-c_{4k+3}(n))\geq\nu_{2}(n)+6.

In each case, equality holds for infinitely many n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N}. These predictions are motivated by known sharp congruences for the ordinary binary partition function and numerical computations for m≤10m\leq10 and n≤105n\leq10^5; their general validity remains open.

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Maciej Ulas and Błażej Żmija, “On p-adic valuations of certain m colored p-ary partition functions”, arXiv:1904.03398 (2019).

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