Conjecture on the inverse matrix of the degenerate LGF Lf(1,0,2,1;q)L_f(1,0,2,1;q)

Let p(n)p(n) denote the partition function, and let sn,k1(1,0,2,1)s_{n,k}^{-1}(1,0,2,1) denote the entries of the inverse factorization matrix associated with the degenerate Lambert generating function Lf(1,0,2,1;q)L_f(1,0,2,1;q). For integers 1kn1\leq k\leq n, define the Iverson bracket [P]δ[P]_{\delta} to be 11 when the statement PP holds and 00 otherwise.

Inverse-matrix conjecture. For 1kn1\leq k\leq n, the entries satisfy

sn,k1(1,0,2,1)=p(nk)i=1np(ni2i+1k)[nimod2i+1]δs_{n,k}^{-1}(1,0,2,1)=p(n-k)-\sum_{i=1}^n p\left(\frac{n-i}{2i+1}-k\right)[n\equiv i\bmod 2i+1]_{\delta} +m=2ni=1np(np(m+1)ip(m1)p(m+1)(2i+1)k)[np(m+1)i+p(m1)modp(m+1)(2i+1)]δ.\qquad+\sum_{m=2}^n\sum_{i=1}^n p\left(\frac{n-p(m+1)i-p(m-1)}{p(m+1)(2i+1)}-k\right)[n\equiv p(m+1)i+p(m-1)\bmod p(m+1)(2i+1)]_{\delta}.

The claim is presented as a numerically observed property for this degenerate case; the source gives no proof or resolution, and generalizations for larger parameters are described only as preliminary computational observations.

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Primary source

Maxie Dion Schmidt, “Factorization theorems and canonical representations for generating functions of special sums”, arXiv:2209.12287 (2022).

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