The even-regular partition density conjecture

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Let bm(n)b_m(n) be the coefficients of the generating function for mm-regular partitions. For even mm, write

m=2jm0,m=2^j m_0,

where m0m_0 is odd. The odd density of a sequence is the limiting proportion of its terms that are odd, when the limit exists; a sequence is lacunary mod 22 when its odd density is zero. Even-regular partition density conjecture. If 2j>m02^j>m_0, then bmb_m is identically even on infinitely many nonconstant, non-nested subprogressions An+BAn+B, in addition to being lacunary mod 22. If 2j<m02^j<m_0, then the odd density of bmb_m is 1/21/2, and the odd density on any nonconstant subprogression An+BAn+B is also 1/21/2; in particular, no nonconstant subprogression is identically even. The first regime incorporates the cited lacunarity theorem, while the second predicts maximal odd density both globally and on every nonconstant arithmetic progression. The source illustrates the first regime with a proved example for b40b_{40}, but the full conjecture remains unresolved in the supplied text.

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William J. Keith and Fabrizio Zanello, “Parity of the coefficients of certain eta-quotients, II: The case of even-regular partitions”, arXiv:2302.00708 (2023).

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