Olivier Mallet
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$n$-color overpartitions, lattice paths, and multiple basic hypergeometric series
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Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science,
January 1, 2008,
DMTCS Proceedings vol. AJ, 20th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2008)
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https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.3643
$n$-color overpartitions, lattice paths, and multiple basic hypergeometric seriesArticle
Authors: Olivier Mallet 1
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Olivier Mallet
1 Laboratoire d'informatique Algorithmique : Fondements et Applications
We define two classes of multiple basic hypergeometric series $V_{k,t}(a,q)$ and $W_{k,t}(a,q)$ which generalize multiple series studied by Agarwal, Andrews, and Bressoud. We show how to interpret these series as generating functions for special restricted lattice paths and for $n$-color overpartitions with weighted difference conditions. We also point out that some specializations of our series can be written as infinite products, which leads to combinatorial identities linking $n$-color overpartitions with ordinary partitions or overpartitions.