A new congruence modulo 25 for 1-shell totally symmetric plane partitions

Authors

  • E. X. W. Xia

Keywords:

congruence, $1$-shell totally symmetric plane partitions, TSPP.

Abstract

For any positive integer n, let f(n) denote the number of 1-shell totally symmetric plane partitions of n. Recently, Hirschhorn and Sellers [‘Arithmetic properties of 1-shell totally symmetric plane partitions’, Bull. Aust. Math. Soc.89 (2014), 473–478] and Yao [‘New infinite families of congruences modulo 4 and 8 for 1-shell totally symmetric plane partitions’, Bull. Aust. Math. Soc.90 (2014), 37–46] proved a number of congruences satisfied by f(n). In particular, Hirschhorn and Sellers proved that f(10n+5)â¡0(mod5). In this paper, we establish the generating function of f(30n+25) and prove that f(250n+125)â¡0(mod25). DOI: 10.1017/S0004972714000768

Published

2014-11-13

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