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A partition formula from idempotents

Combinatorics 2023-08-22 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

A formula which only involves a partition number and elementary functions is derived by applying Burnside's Lemma to the set of idempotent maps from a set to itself. One side involves a summation over a set closely related to the partition number, however. Some speculation is made as to how to eliminate this summation.

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@article{arxiv.2308.10177,
  title  = {A partition formula from idempotents},
  author = {Charlotte Aten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.10177},
  year   = {2023}
}
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