Inagaki–Tamura shift identity conjecture for partition inequalities

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Let p(n∣condition)p(n\mid\text{condition}) count partitions of nn satisfying the specified condition. Define

qd(1)(n):=p(n∣parts≥1 and differ by at least d)q_d^{(1)}(n):=p(n\mid\text{parts}\geq 1\text{ and differ by at least }d)

and

Qd(1,−)(n):=p(n∣parts≡±1(modd+3), excluding the part d+2).Q_d^{(1,-)}(n):=p(n\mid\text{parts}\equiv\pm1\pmod{d+3},\text{ excluding the part }d+2).

Inagaki–Tamura shift identity conjecture. If d≥12d\geq 12 and n≥d+2n\geq d+2, then

qd(1)(n)−Qd−4(1,−)(n)≥0.q_d^{(1)}(n)-Q_{d-4}^{(1,-)}(n)\geq 0.

Shift identities of this type can yield information about the modified Alder-type inequalities and improve the bounds in the generalized conjecture. The source gives no resolution of this particular shift identity conjecture.

References

Primary source

Liam Armstrong, Bryan Ducasse, Thomas Meyer and Holly Swisher, “Generalized Alder-Type Partition Inequalities”, arXiv:2210.04070 (2022).

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