Partition Identities of the Andrews-Gordon Type - Commutative Algebra and Combinatorial Proofs

Explore a 53-minute mathematics lecture that delves into partition identities and their relationship to the Andrews-Gordon identities. Learn how a partition of a positive integer n consists of non-increasing sequences of positive integers that sum to n, and discover how partition identities establish equivalences between different ways of counting these partitions. Follow the investigation of Pooneh Afsharijoo's 2020 conjecture, which proposes a companion to the Andrews-Gordon identities, and understand its proof through combinatorial dissections of Young diagrams and q-series identities. Examine how alternative combinatorial proof methods can generate both new and previously known identities of similar types. Presented by Jehanne Dousse from the Université de Genève, this collaborative research work with Pooneh Afsharijoo, Frédéric Jouhet, Isaac Konan, and Hussein Mourtada provides deep insights into advanced mathematical concepts at the intersection of partition theory and commutative algebra.