Andrews and El Bachraoui Two-Color Partition Series
Abstract
Finite truncations define the two-color partition series and their three sign statements.
Definition 1.1 (Geometric coefficient series).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.geom
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.geom (✓ std3).
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. George E. Andrews, Mohamed El Bachraoui (2025). Certain positive q-series and inequalities for two-color partitions. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.09276. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09276v1.
Commentary.
For a natural number d, geom d is the integer power series whose coefficient at t is one when d divides t and zero otherwise.
Definition 1.2 (Finite C-prime truncation).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.cTrunc
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.cTrunc (✓ std3).
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. George E. Andrews, Mohamed El Bachraoui (2025). Certain positive q-series and inequalities for two-color partitions. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.09276. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09276v1.
Commentary.
For natural numbers k, m and N, cTrunc k m N is the finite sum over j from zero through N of q raised to m times (2j+1), multiplied by the finite products with factors 1 minus q raised to the two prescribed even exponents and two geometric denominators.
Definition 1.3 (Finite D-prime truncation).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.dTrunc
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.dTrunc (✓ std3).
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. George E. Andrews, Mohamed El Bachraoui (2025). Certain positive q-series and inequalities for two-color partitions. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.09276. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09276v1.
Commentary.
For natural numbers k, m and N, dTrunc k m N is the finite sum over j from zero through N of q raised to m times (2j+2), multiplied by the finite products with factors 1 minus q raised to the prescribed even exponents and two geometric denominators.
Definition 1.4 (C-prime coefficients).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.cCoeff
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.cCoeff (✓ std3).
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. George E. Andrews, Mohamed El Bachraoui (2025). Certain positive q-series and inequalities for two-color partitions. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.09276. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09276v1.
Commentary.
The coefficient cCoeff k m n is the coefficient of degree n in the truncation cTrunc k m n.
Definition 1.5 (D-prime coefficients).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.dCoeff
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.dCoeff (✓ std3).
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. George E. Andrews, Mohamed El Bachraoui (2025). Certain positive q-series and inequalities for two-color partitions. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.09276. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09276v1.
Commentary.
The coefficient dCoeff k m n is the coefficient of degree n in the truncation dTrunc k m n.
Definition 1.6 (C-prime positivity statement).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.conjectureTwo
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.conjectureTwo (✓ std3).
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. George E. Andrews, Mohamed El Bachraoui (2025). Certain positive q-series and inequalities for two-color partitions. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.09276. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09276v1.
Commentary.
The statement conjectureTwo says that cCoeff 2 4 n is nonnegative for every natural number n.
Definition 1.7 (D-prime positivity statement).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.conjectureThree
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.conjectureThree (✓ std3).
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. George E. Andrews, Mohamed El Bachraoui (2025). Certain positive q-series and inequalities for two-color partitions. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.09276. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09276v1.
Commentary.
The statement conjectureThree says that dCoeff 2 2 n is nonnegative for every natural number n.
Definition 1.8 (D-prime exceptional signs).
Lean statement: D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.conjectureFour
Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.conjectureFour (✓ std3).
Source. Repository-derived.
Acknowledgement. George E. Andrews, Mohamed El Bachraoui (2025). Certain positive q-series and inequalities for two-color partitions. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.09276. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09276v1.
Commentary.
The statement conjectureFour says that dCoeff 2 3 n is negative exactly when n is 10 or 22.
References
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D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.cCoeff - Truth anchor:
D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.cTrunc - Truth anchor:
D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.conjectureFour - Truth anchor:
D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.conjectureThree - Truth anchor:
D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.conjectureTwo - Truth anchor:
D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.dCoeff - Truth anchor:
D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.dTrunc - Truth anchor:
D5/S3/Combinatorics/TwoColorPartition/AndrewsElBachraouiDefs.geom