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The study of the well-known partition function $p(n)$ counting the number of solutions to $n = a_{1} + \dots + a_{\ell}$ with integers $1 \leq a_{1} \leq \dots \leq a_{\ell}$ has a long history in combinatorics. In this paper, we study a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-05 Gabriel F. Lipnik , Manfred G. Madritsch , Robert F. Tichy

We derive expressions for the partition function p(n), with n in the form 7k+a, as (k+1)-dimensional determinants.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-06-17 Jerome Malenfant

Let $p_{-r}(n)$ denote the $r$-coloured partition function, and $\sigma(n)=\sum_{d|n}d$ denote the sum of positive divisors of $n$. The aim of this note is to prove the following $$…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2020-08-10 Sumit Kumar Jha

Let $A\subset \N_{+}$ and by $P_{A}(n)$ denotes the number of partitions of an integer $n$ into parts from the set $A$. The aim of this paper is to prove several result concerning the existence of integer solutions of Diophantine equations…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-27 Szabolcs Tengely , Maciej Ulas

In this paper, we show that the difference between the number of parts in the odd partitions of $n$ and the number of parts in the distinct partitions of $n$ satisfies Euler's recurrence relation for the partition function $p(n)$ when $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-05-08 Mircea Merca

We study the number $p(n,t)$ of partitions of $n$ with difference $t$ between largest and smallest parts. Our main result is an explicit formula for the generating function $P_t(q) := \sum_{n \ge 1} p(n,t) \, q^n$. Somewhat surprisingly,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-10 George E. Andrews , Matthias Beck , Neville Robbins

For two sets $A$ and $M$ of positive integers and for a positive integer $n$, let $p(n,A,M)$ denote the number of partitions of $n$ with parts in $A$ and multiplicities in $M$, that is, the number of representations of $n$ in the form…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-07-16 Noga Alon

The number of parts in the partitions (resp. distinct partitions) of $n$ with parts from a set were considered. Its generating functions were obtained. Consequently, we derive several recurrence identities for the following functions: the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-29 A. David Christopher

We give a series of recursive identities for the number of partitions with exactly $k$ parts and with constraints on both the minimal difference among the parts and the minimal part. Using these results we demonstrate that the number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-01-29 Ivica Martinjak , Dragutin Svrtan

As a well-known enumerative problem, the number of solutions of the equation $m=m_1+...+m_k$ with $m_1\leqslant...\leqslant m_k$ in positive integers is $\Pi(m,k)=\sum_{i=0}^k\Pi(m-k,i)$ and $\Pi$ is called the additive partition function.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-01 Daniel Yaqubi , Madjid Mirzavaziri

Let $A_{t,k}(n)$ denote the number of partition $k$-tuples of $n$ where each partition is $t$-core. In this paper, we establish formulas of $A_{t,k}(n)$ for some values of $t$ and $k$ by employing the method of modular forms, which extends…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-02-05 Shane Chern

In this article we will derive a combinatorial formula for the partition function p(n). In the second part of the paper we will establish connection between partitions and q-binomial coefficients and give new interpretation for q-binomial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-05-10 Zhumagali Shomanov

We present some Euler-type recurrences for the partition function $p(n)$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-26 Yuriy Choliy , Louis W. Kolitsch , Andrew V. Sills

Let \(\mathcal{P}(n)\) be the set of partitions of the positive integer \(n\). For \(\alpha=(\alpha_1,...,\alpha_t) \in \mathcal{P}(n)\) define the diagonal sequence \(\delta(\alpha)=(d_k(\alpha))_{k \geq 1}\) via \( d_k(\alpha) =…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Michael Neubauer , Harmony Vargas

In this note, we consider ordered partitions of integers such that each entry is no more than a fixed portion of the sum. We give a method for constructing all such compositions as well as both an explicit formula and a generating function…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-04-23 Darren Glass

A classic theorem of Uchimura states that the difference between the sum of the smallest parts of the partitions of $n$ into an odd number of distinct parts and the corresponding sum for an even number of distinct parts is equal to the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-21 Rajat Gupta , Noah Lebowitz-Lockard , Joseph Vandehey

We develop a new closed-form arithmetic and recursive formula for the partition function and a generalization of Andrews' smallest parts (spt) function. Using the inclusion-exclusion principle, we additionally develop a formula for the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-09 Alfredo Nader

Given a partition $\lambda$, we write $e_j(\lambda)$ for the $j^{\textrm{th}}$ elementary symmetric polynomial $e_j$ evaluated at the parts of $\lambda$ and $e_jp_A(n)$ for the sum of $e_j(\lambda)$ as $\lambda$ ranges over the set of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-27 Cristina Ballantine , George Beck , Mircea Merca

Stanley defined a partition function t(n) as the number of partitions $\lambda$ of n such that the number of odd parts of $\lambda$ is congruent to the number of odd parts of the conjugate partition $\lambda'$ modulo 4. We show that t(n)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-06-29 William Y. C. Chen , Kathy Q. Ji , Albert J. W. Zhu

Recent results by Andrews and Merca on the number of even parts in all partitions of n into distinct parts, a(n), were derived via generating functions. This paper extends these results to the number of parts divisible by k in all the…