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A combinatorial proof of the Alladi-Gordon key identity for Schur's partition theorem

James J. Y. Zhao

Published 2012-02-06Version 1

The Alladi-Gordon identity plays an important role for the Alladi-Gordon generalization of Schur's partition theorem. By using Joichi-Stanton's insertion algorithm, we present an overpartition interpretation for the Alladi-Gordon key identity. Based on this interpretation, we further obtain a combinatorial proof of the Alladi-Gordon key identity by establishing an involution on the underlying set of overpartitions.

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