The generalized double-exclusion Alder conjecture

Let qd(a)(n)q_d^{(a)}(n) count partitions of nn into parts at least aa whose parts differ by at least dd. For 1bd+21\leq b\leq d+2, let Qd(b,,)(n)Q_d^{(b,-,-)}(n) count partitions of nn into parts congruent to ±b(modd+3)\pm b \pmod{d+3}, excluding the parts bb and d+3bd+3-b. Define

Δd(a,b,,)(n)=qd(a)(n)Qd(b,,)(n),Δd(a,,)(n)=Δd(a,a,,)(n).\Delta_d^{(a,b,-,-)}(n)=q_d^{(a)}(n)-Q_d^{(b,-,-)}(n),\qquad \Delta_d^{(a,-,-)}(n)=\Delta_d^{(a,a,-,-)}(n).

Generalized double-exclusion Alder conjecture. Let a,da,d be positive integers with 1ad+21\leq a\leq d+2. Then for all n1n\geq 1,

Δd(a,,)(n)0.\Delta_d^{(a,-,-)}(n)\geq 0.

This conjecture is proposed to extend the modified Alder inequality to arbitrary admissible aa, after observing that the single-exclusion version can fail for a4a\geq 4. Its resolution is not given in the source.

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Adriana L. Duncan, Simran Khunger, Holly Swisher and Ryan Tamura, “Generalizations of Alder's Conjecture via a Conjecture of Kang and Park”, arXiv:2010.08646 (2020).

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