Euler partition inequalities involving Q2(n)Q_2(n)

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For n,k0n,k\geqslant0, let p(n)p(n) denote Euler's partition function, let Q2(n)Q_2(n) denote the partition function used in the source, and let (ρj)j0(\rho_j)_{j\geqslant0} be the coefficient sequence appearing in the preceding truncated-series definition. Euler partition inequalities.

j=03kρjp(nj(j+1))Q2(n),\sum_{j=0}^{3k}\rho_jp\bigl(n-j(j+1)\bigr)\geqslant Q_2(n),

with strict inequality if n(3k+1)(3k+2)n\geqslant(3k+1)(3k+2), and

j=03k+1ρjp(nj(j+1))Q2(n),\sum_{j=0}^{3k+1}\rho_jp\bigl(n-j(j+1)\bigr)\leqslant Q_2(n),

with strict inequality if n(3k+2)(3k+3)n\geqslant(3k+2)(3k+3).

These inequalities are presented as a combinatorial interpretation of the preceding coefficient conjectures and would provide infinite families of linear inequalities for partition functions; they remain open.

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Cristina Ballantine and Mircea Merca, “6-regular partitions: new combinatorial properties, congruences, and linear inequalities”, arXiv:2302.01253 (2023).

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