Proof of a conjecture by Ahlgren and Ono on the non-existence of certain partition congruences

@article{Radu2013ProofOA,
  title={Proof of a conjecture by Ahlgren and Ono on the non-existence of certain partition congruences},
  author={Cristian-Silviu Radu},
  journal={Transactions of the American Mathematical Society},
  year={2013},
  volume={365},
  pages={4881-4894}
}
  • Cristian-Silviu Radu
  • Published 19 March 2013
  • Mathematics
  • Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
Let p(n) denote the number of partitions of n. Let A,B ∈ N with A > B and ≥ 5 a prime, such that p(An+B) ≡ 0 (mod ), n ∈ N. Then we will prove that |A and ( 24B−1 ) = (−1 ) . This settles an open problem by Scott Ahlgren and Ken Ono. Our proof is based on results by Deligne and Rapoport. 
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