Congruences for an analogue of Lin's partition function

Abstract

We study certain arithmetic properties of an analogue $B(n)$ of Lin's restricted partition function that counts the number of partition triples $\pi=(\pi_1,\pi_2,\pi_3)$ of $n$ such that $\pi_1$ and $\pi_2$ comprise distinct odd parts and $\pi_3$ consists of parts divisible by $4$. With the help of elementary $q$-series techniques and modular functions, we establish Ramanujan-type congruences modulo $2,3,5,7$, and $9$ for certain sums involving $B(n)$.