Arithmetic Properties of Overpartition Triples

Abstract

Let ${{\overline{p}}_{3}}(n)$ be the number of overpartition triples of $n$. By elementary series manipulations, we establish some congruences for ${\overline{p}}_{3}(n)$ modulo small powers of 2, such as \[{{\overline{p}}_{3}}(16n+14)\equiv 0 \pmod{32}, \quad {{\overline{p}}_{3}}(8n+7)\equiv 0 \pmod{64}.\] We also find many arithmetic properties for ${{\overline{p}}_{3}}(n)$ modulo 7, 9 and 11, involving the following infinite families of Ramanujan-type congruences: for any integers $\alpha \ge 1$ and $n \ge 0$, we have ${{\overline{p}}_{3}}\big({{3}^{2\alpha +1}}(3n+2)\big)\equiv 0$ (mod $9\cdot 2^4$), $\overline{p}_{3}(4^{\alpha-1}(56n+49)) \equiv 0$ (mod 7) and \[{{\overline{p}}_{3}}\big({{7}^{2\alpha +1}}(7n+3)\big)\equiv {{\overline{p}}_{3}}\big({{7}^{2\alpha +1}}(7n+5)\big)\equiv {{\overline{p}}_{3}}\big({{7}^{2\alpha +1}}(7n+6)\big)\equiv 0 \pmod{7}.\]