Asymptotic conjecture for near-perfect powers of overpartition numbers

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Let p(n)\overline{p}(n) denote the overpartition function, and define Mp,k(d)M_{\overline{p},k}(d) analogously to Mk(d)M_k(d) as the largest index whose overpartition number lies within dd of a kkth power. The overpartition asymptotic conjecture. For k2k\geq 2,

Mp,k(d)1π2(kk1)2(logd)2M_{\overline{p},k}(d)\sim\frac{1}{\pi^2}\left(\frac{k}{k-1}\right)^2(\log d)^2

as dd\to\infty. This is motivated by computational data and remains unproved.

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Summer Haag, Praneel Samanta, Swati, Holly Swisher, Stephanie Treneer and Robin Visser, “Repellent properties of perfect powers on partition functions: a heuristic approach”, arXiv:2601.18138 (2026).

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