[Abstract] F.G. Garvan; A number-theoretic crank associated with open boson strings, Number Theory and cryptography (Sydney, 1989), London Math. Soc. Lecture Notes Ser., 154, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1990, 221-226.


Abstract: A Dyson-type crank is given which explains Moreno's congruence for the number of open bosonic strings. This crank is in terms of $24$-coloured partitions.