q-Analogues of the coefficients of x in the expansion of ∏N j=1(1 + x + · · · + x )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...