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Simple proofs and expressions for the restricted partition function and its polynomial part

Combinatorics 2018-02-22 v1

Abstract

In this note, we provide a simple derivation of expressions for the restricted partition function and its polynomial part. Our proof relies on elementary algebra on rational functions and a lemma that expresses the polynomial part as an average of the partition function.

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@article{arxiv.1802.07310,
  title  = {Simple proofs and expressions for the restricted partition function and its polynomial part},
  author = {S. Robins and C. Vignat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.07310},
  year   = {2018}
}
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