Towards an automation of the circle method

Abstract

The derivation of the Hardy-Ramanujan-Rademacher formula for the number of partitions of $n$ is reviewed. Next, the steps for finding analogous formulas for certain restricted classes of partitions or overpartiitons is examined, bearing in mind how these calculations can be automated in a CAS. Finally, a number of new formulas of this type which were conjectured with the aid of \emph{Mathematica} are presented along with results of a test for their numerical accuracy.

18 pp., this version incorporates corrections to the published version suggested to the author by Michael Schlosser in an email dated January 20, 2020