Asymptotics for the reciprocal and shifted quotient of the partition function

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Abstract

Let $p(n)$ denote the partition function. In this paper our main goal is to derive an asymptotic expansion up to order $N$ (for any fixed positive integer $N$) along with estimates for error bounds for the shifted quotient of the partition function, namely $p(n+k)/p(n)$ with $kin mathbb{N}$, which generalizes a result of Gomez, Males, and Rolen. In order to do so, we derive asymptotic expansions with error bounds for the shifted version $p(n+k)$ and the multiplicative inverse $1/p(n)$, which is of independent interest.
Original languageEnglish
Article number101
Pages (from-to)1-46
Number of pages46
JournalResearch in Number Theory
Volume11
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Nov 2025

Fields of science

  • 101013 Mathematical logic
  • 101 Mathematics
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  • 101005 Computer algebra
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