Arithmetic properties of DSOME function

Abstract

Recently, Andrews and Ghosh Dastidar (Ramanujan J. \textbf{69}, Art. No. 26, 2026) studied two interesting functions $SOME(n)$ and $DSOME(n)$, where $SOME(n)$ is the sum of all the odd parts in the partitions of $n$ minus the sum of all even parts and $DSOME(n)$ is the sum of all the odd parts in the partitions of $n$ into distinct parts minus sum of all the even parts. They expressed the generating functions of $SOME(n)$ and $DSOME(n)$ in terms of $q$-series and found several interesting congruences modulo 4 and 5. In this paper, we express the generating function of $DSOME(n)$ in a closed form, which allows us to find some new congruences and internal congruences modulo 4 and 8 for $DSOME(n)$.

Theorems & Definitions (16)

• Theorem 1.1
• Theorem 1.2
• Theorem 1.3
• Theorem 1.4
• Lemma 2.1
• Lemma 2.2
• Lemma 2.3
• Lemma 2.4
• Lemma 2.5
• proof