Supernomial coefficients, polynomial identities and $q$-series

Abstract

$q$-Analogues of the coefficients of $x^a$ in the expansion of ${\prod }_{j=1}^N(1+x+...+x^j{)}^{L_j}$ are proposed. Useful properties, such as recursion relations, symmetries and limiting theorems of the ``$q$-supernomial coefficients'' are derived, and a combinatorial interpretation using generalized Durfee dissection partitions is given. Polynomial identities of boson-fermion-type, based on the continued fraction expansion of $p/k$ and involving the $q$-supernomial coefficients, are proven. These include polynomial analogues of the Andrews-Gordon identities. Our identities unify and extend many of the known boson-fermion identities for one-dimensional configuration sums of solvable lattice models, by introducing multiple finitization parameters.

34 pages, Latex2e, figures; improved version

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