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Kathrin Bringmann

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Odd moments for the trace of Frobenius and the Sato--Tate conjecture in arithmetic progressions

In this paper, we consider the moments of the trace of Frobenius of elliptic curves if the trace is restricted to a fixed arithmetic progression. We determine the asymptotic behavior for the ratio of the $(2k+1)$-th moment to the zeroeth moment as the size of the finite field $\mathbb{F}_{p^r}$ goes to infinity. These results follow from similar asymptotic formulas relating sums and moments of Hurwitz class numbers where the sums are restricted to certain arithmetic progressions. As an application, we prove that the distribution of the trace of Frobenius in arithmetic progressions is equidistributed with respect to the Sato--Tate measure.

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On the asymptotic behavior for partitions separated by parity

The study of partitions with parts separated by parity was initiated by Andrews in connection with Ramanujan's mock theta functions, and his variations on this theme have produced generating functions with a large variety of different modular properties. In this paper, we use Ingham's Tauberian theorem to compute the asymptotic main term for each of the eight functions studied by Andrews.

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Asymptotics of commuting $\ell$-tuples in symmetric groups and log-concavity

Denote by $N_{\ell}(n)$ the number of $\ell$-tuples of elements in the symmetric group $S_n$ with commuting components, normalized by the order of $S_n$. In this paper, we prove asymptotic formulas for $N_\ell(n)$. In addition, general criteria for log-concavity are shown, which can be applied to $N_\ell(n)$ among other examples. Moreover, we obtain a Bessenrodt-Ono type theorem which gives an inequality of the form $c(a)c(b) > c(a+b)$ for certain families of sequences $c(n)$.

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Asymptotics for $d$-fold partition diamonds and related infinite products

We prove an asymptotic formula for the number of $d$-fold partition diamonds of $n$ and their Schmidt-type counterparts. In order to do so, we study the asymptotic behavior of certain infinite products. We also remark on interesting potential connections with mathematical physics and Bloch groups.

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Odd unimodal sequeneces

In this paper we study odd unimodal and odd strongly unimodal sequences. We use $q$-series methods to find several fundamental generating functions. Employing the Euler--Maclaurin summation formula we obtain the asymptotic main term for both types of sequences. We also find families of congruences modulo $4$ for the number of odd strongly unimodal sequences.

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On the number of irreducible representations of $\mathfrak{su}(3)$

In this note, we use a variant of the hyperbola method to prove an asymptotic expansion for the summatory function of the number of irreducible $\mathfrak{su}(3)$-representations of dimension $n$. This is a natural companion result to work of Romik, who proved an asymptotic formula for the number of unrestricted $\mathfrak{su}(3)$-representations of dimension $n$.

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Log-concavity for unimodal sequences

In this paper, we prove that the number of unimodal sequences of size $n$ is log-concave. These are coefficients of a mixed false modular form and have a Rademacher-type exact formula due to recent work of the second author and Nazaroglu on false theta functions. Log-concavity and higher Turán inequalities have been well-studied for (restricted) partitions and coefficients of weakly holomorphic modular forms, and analytic proofs generally require precise asymptotic series with error term. In this paper, we proceed from the exact formula for unimodal sequences to carry out this calculation. We expect our method applies to other exact formulas for coefficients of mixed mock/false modular objects.

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A Rademacher-type exact formula for partitions without sequences

In this paper we prove an exact formula for the number of partitions without sequences. By work of Andrews, the corresponding generating function is a product of a modular form and a mock theta function, giving an overall weight of 0. The proof requires evaluating and bounding Kloosterman sums and the Circle Method

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The mass of shifted lattices and class numbers of inhomogeneous quadratic polynomials

In this paper, we investigate class numbers of shifted quadratic lattices $L+\frac{\boldsymbol{u}}{c}$ with $\boldsymbol{u}\in L$ and odd conductor $c\in \mathbb{N}$. For a lattice $L$ whose genus only contains one class, we determine a lower bound for the number of classes in the genus of $L+\frac{\boldsymbol{u}}{c}$ depending on $c$. As a result, we obtain an explicit bound $c_0$ such that any such shifted lattice with one class in its genus must have conductor smaller than $c_0$, restricting the possible choices of such $L+\frac{\boldsymbol{u}}{c}$ to a finite set.

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Generalized $L$-functions related to the Riemann zeta function

In this paper, we construct generalized $L$-functions associated to meromorphic modular forms of weight $\frac12$ for the theta group with a single simple pole in the fundamental domain. We then consider their behaviour towards $i\infty$ and relate this to the Riemann zeta function.

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Asymptotics of parity biases for partitions into distinct parts via Nahm sums

For a random partition, one of the most basic questions is: what can one expect about the parts which arise? For example, what is the distribution of the parts of random partitions modulo $N$? Since most partitions contain a $1$, and indeed many $1$s arise as parts of a random partition, it is natural to expect a skew towards $1\pmod{N}$. This is indeed the case. For instance, Kim, Kim, and Lovejoy recently established ``parity biases'' showing how often one expects partitions to have more odd than even parts. Here, we generalize their work to give asymptotics for biases $\mod N$ for partitions into distinct parts. The proofs rely on the Circle Method and give independently useful techniques for analyzing the asymptotics of Nahm-type $q$-hypergeometric series.

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Hecke eigenforms for meromorphic cusp forms

In this paper, we construct Hecke eigenforms for two families of quotient spaces of meromorphic cusp forms on $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$. We show that each quotient space in the first (resp. second family) is isomorphic as a Hecke module to the space $S_{2k}$ (resp. $M_{2k}$) of cusp forms (resp. holomorphic modular forms) of the same weight on $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$.

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Quantum Modular Forms from Real Quadratic Double Sums

In 2015, Lovejoy and Osburn discovered twelve $q$-hypergeometric series and proved that their Fourier coefficients can be understood as counting functions of ideals in certain quadratic fields. In this paper, we study their modular and quantum modular properties and show that they yield three vector-valued quantum modular forms on the group $Γ_0 (2)$.

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Asymptotic expansions for partitions generated by infinite products

Recently, Debruyne and Tenenbaum proved asymptotic formulas for the number of partitions with parts in $\mathcal{L}\subset\mathbb{N}$ ($\gcd(\mathcal{L})=1$) and good analytic properties of the corresponding zeta function, generalizing work of Meinardus. In this paper, we extend their work to prove asymptotic formulas if $\mathcal{L}$ is a multiset of integers and the zeta function has multiple poles. In particular, our results imply an asymptotic formula for the number of irreducible representations of degree $n$ of $\mathfrak{so}{(5)}$. We also study the Witten zeta function $ζ_{\mathfrak{so}{(5)}}$, which is of independent interest.

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Taylor coefficients of false Jacobi forms and ranks of unimodal sequences

We apply the new framework for modularity of false theta functions developed by the second author and Nazaroglu to study the asymptotic behavior of Taylor coefficients of false Jacobi forms. The examples we study generate moments of the rank for unimodal sequences. For two types of unimodal sequences, we prove asymptotic series for the rank moments.

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Unimodality of ranks and a proof of Stanton's conjecture

Recently, much attention has been given to various inequalities among partition functions. For example, Nicolas, {and later DeSavlvo--Pak,} proved that $p(n)$ is eventually log-concave, and Ji--Zang showed that the cranks are eventually unimodal. This has led to a flurry of recent activity generalizing such results in different directions. At the same time, Stanton recently made deep conjectures on the positivity of certain polynomials associated to ranks and cranks of partitions, with the ultimate goal of pointing the way to ``deeper'' structure refining ranks and cranks. These have been shown to be robust in recent works, which have identified further infinite families of such conjectures in the case of colored partitions. In this paper, we employ the Circle Method to prove unimodality for ranks. As a corollary, we prove Stanton's original conjecture. This points to future study of the positive, integral coefficients Stanton conjectured to exist, hinting at new combinatorial structure yet to be uncovered.

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Higher Depth False Modular Forms

False theta functions are functions that are closely related to classical theta functions and mock theta functions. In this paper, we study their modular properties at all ranks by forming modular completions analogous to modular completions of indefinite theta functions of any signature and thereby develop a structure parallel to the recently developed theory of higher depth mock modular forms. We then demonstrate this theoretical base on a number of examples up to depth three coming from characters of modules for the vertex algebra $W^0(p)_{A_n}$, $1 \leq n \leq 3$, and from $\hat{Z}$-invariants of $3$-manifolds associated with gauge group $\mathrm{SU}(3)$.

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