Volume 46 - 2023


1. On certain partial sums involving squares of Hecke eigenvalues

Winfried Kohnen ; Florian Luca.
Let $a(n)$ be the $n$th Fourier coefficient of a cuspidal Hecke eigenform of even integral weight $k\ge 2$ and trivial character that is a normalized new form for some level $N$. We show that the partial sums$$H_n=\sum_{m=1}^n a(m)^2/m^k$$are not integral for $n\ge n_0$.

2. A generalization of a fourth irreducibility theorem of I. Schur

Michael Filaseta ; Martha Allen.
In 1929, Issai Schur investigated the irreducibility over the rationals of a few different polynomials. Generalizations of all but one were previously given in the literature, and this paper establishes a more general result of the last one.

3. On a general divisor problem related to a certain Dedekind zeta-function over a specific sequence of positive integers

Anubhav Sharma ; Ayyadurai Sankaranarayanan.
We investigate the average behavior of coefficients of the Dirichlet series of positive integral power of the Dedekind zeta-function $\zeta_{\mathbb{K}_3}(s)$ of a non-normal cubic extension $\mathbb{K}_3$ of $\mathbb{Q}$ over a certain sequence of positive integers. More precisely, we prove an asymptotic formula with an error term for the sum\[ \sum_{{a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}+a_{4}^{2}+a_{5}^{2}+a_{6}^{2}\leq {x}}\atop{(a_{1},a_{2},a_{3},a_{4},a_{5},a_{6})\in\mathbb{Z}^{6}}}a_{k,\mathbb{K}_3} (a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}+a_{4}^{2}+a_{5}^{2}+a_{6}^{2}),\]where $(\zeta_{\mathbb{K}_3}(s))^{k}:=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{a_{k,\mathbb{K}_3}(n)}{n^{s}}$.

4. Identities among some combinatorial objects involving special values of multiple zeta functions

Lalit Vaishya.
In the article, we establish some identities involving special values of multiple zeta functions among the counting functions of number of representations of an integer by a linear combination of figurate numbers such as triangular numbers, square numbers, pentagonal numbers, etc. More precisely, we provide our result for $\delta_k(n)$, $r_{k}(n)$ and $\mathcal{N}_{k}^{a}(n)$ (for a fixed $a \ge 3$), the number of representations of $n$ as a sum of $k$-triangular numbers, as a sum of $k$-square numbers and as a sum of $k$-higher figurate numbers (for a fixed $a \ge 3$), respectively. Moreover, these identities also occur when one of $\delta_k(n)$, $r_{k}(n)$ and $\mathcal{N}_{k}^{a}(n)$ is replaced by the $k$-colored partition functions.

5. Infinite families of congruences modulo $2$ for $(\ell, k)$-regular partitions

T Kathiravan ; Dipramit Majumdar ; Usha Sangale.
Let $b_{\ell, k}(n)$ denote the number of $(\ell, k)$-regular partition of $n$. Recently, some congruences modulo $2$ for $ (3, 8), (4, 7)$-regular partition and modulo $8$, modulo $9$ and modulo $12$ for $(4, 9)$-regular partition has been studied. In this paper, we use theta function identities and Newman results to prove some infinite families of congruences modulo $2$ for $(2, 7)$, $(5, 8)$, $(4, 11)$-regular partition and modulo $4$ for $(4, 5)$-regular partition.

6. CLASS NUMBER FORMULAS FOR CERTAIN BIQUADRATIC FIELDS

Elizabeth Athaide ; Emma Cardwell ; Christy Thompson.
We consider the class numbers of imaginary quadratic extensions $F(\sqrt{-p})$, for certain primes $p$, of totally real quadratic fields $F$ which have class number one. Using seminal work of Shintani, we obtain two elementary class number formulas for many such fields. The first expresses the class number as an alternating sum of terms that we generate from the coefficients of the power series expansions of two simple rational functions that depend on the arithmetic of $F$ and $p$. The second makes use of expansions of $1/p$, where $p$ is a prime such that $p \equiv 3 \pmod{4}$ and $p$ remains inert in $F$. More precisely, for a generator $\varepsilon_F$ of the totally positive unit group of $\mathcal{O}_F$, the base-$\varepsilon_{F}$ expansion of $1/p$ has period length $\ell_{F,p}$, and our second class number formula expresses the class number as a finite sum over disjoint cosets of size $\ell_{F,p}$.