The truncated pentagonal number theorem

George E. Andrews; Mircea Merca

doi:10.1016/j.jcta.2012.05.001

The truncated pentagonal number theorem

George E. Andrews, Mircea Merca

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Abstract

A new expansion is given for partial sums of Euler's pentagonal number series. As a corollary we derive an infinite family of inequalities for the partition function, p(n).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1639-1643
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A
Volume	119
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcta.2012.05.001
State	Published - Nov 2012

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Theoretical Computer Science
Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
Computational Theory and Mathematics

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