Blecher–Knopfmacher's fixed-point inequality for integer partitions

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Let nn be a positive integer, and let p(n)p(n) denote the number of partitions of nn. A partition λ=(λ1,,λj)\lambda=(\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_j) of nn, written λn\lambda\vdash n, has a fixed point if λi=i\lambda_i=i for some index ii. Let f(n)f(n) be the number of partitions of nn with a fixed point and g(n)g(n) the number without a fixed point. Blecher–Knopfmacher's conjecture. For all n>2n>2, there are more partitions of nn without a fixed point than partitions of nn with a fixed point; equivalently,

g(n)>f(n).g(n)>f(n).

The paper resolves this open question by proving the inequality and relating fixed points to Frobenius symbols, Dyson's crank, the mex, and other partition statistics.

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Brian Hopkins and James A. Sellers, “On Blecher and Knopfmacher's Fixed Points for Integer Partitions”, arXiv:2305.05096 (2023).

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