On a conjecture of Andrews and Bachraoui
Abstract
Recently, Andrews and Bachraoui considered a generating function $F_{k,m}(q)$ associated with certain two-color partitions, and conjectured that this function has non-negative coefficients for $m=1$. They showed this property for $1 \leq k \leq 4$. In this note, we prove that $F_{k,1}(q)$ has non-negative coefficients for $5 \leq k \leq 10$. Moreover, we show that, as $k\to\infty$, $F_{k,1}(q)$ is related to Ramanujan's third order mock theta function $ω(q)$ and to quotients of certain $q$-binomial coefficients.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Advanced Mathematical Identities
Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
Analytic Number Theory Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Publication date
- 7 January 2026
- Document type
- Preprint