The hook-number ratio conjecture for odd-part and distinct-part partitions
The hook-number ratio conjecture for odd-part and distinct-part partitions
Let and denote the collections of partitions of into odd parts and distinct parts, respectively. For an integer , let
The hook-number ratio conjecture. For fixed , there exists an integer such that for all , and there exists a constant such that
This conjecture predicts that, although partitions into distinct parts have at least as many hooks of length as partitions into odd parts, the inequality reverses asymptotically for every fixed hook length . The source paper proves the conjecture motivating these statements, but this formulation is presented as a conjecture in the cited prior work; its resolution is not specified here.
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William Craig, Madeline Locus Dawsey and Guo-Niu Han, “Inequalities and asymptotics for hook numbers in restricted partitions”, arXiv:2311.15013 (2026).
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