arXiv · 2201.06630
Distributions of Hook lengths in integer partitions
Abstract
Motivated by the many roles that hook lengths play in mathematics, we study the distribution of the number of $t$-hooks in the partitions of $n$. We prove that the limiting distribution is normal with mean $\mu_t(n)\sim \frac{\sqrt{6n}}{\pi}-\frac{t}{2}$ and variance $\sigma_t^2(n)\sim \frac{(\pi^2-6)\sqrt{6n}}{2\pi^3}.$ Furthermore, we prove that the distribution of the number of hook lengths that are multiples of a fixed $t\geq 4$ in partitions of $n$ converge to a shifted Gamma distribution with parameter $k=(t-1)/2$ and scale $\theta=\sqrt{2/(t-1)}.$
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Michael Griffin, Ken Ono, Wei-Lun Tsai. 2022-01-17. Distributions of Hook lengths in integer partitions. https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.06630
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