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A000041 a(n) = number of partitions of n (the partition numbers).
(Formerly M0663 N0244)
1204
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 22, 30, 42, 56, 77, 101, 135, 176, 231, 297, 385, 490, 627, 792, 1002, 1255, 1575, 1958, 2436, 3010, 3718, 4565, 5604, 6842, 8349, 10143, 12310, 14883, 17977, 21637, 26015, 31185, 37338, 44583, 53174, 63261, 75175, 89134 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENTS

Also number of nonnegative solutions to b+2c+3d+4e+...=n and the number of nonnegative solutions to 2c+3d+4e+...<=n. - Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Apr 17 2001

a(n) is also the number of conjugacy classes in the symmetric group S_n (and the number of irreducible representations of S_n).

Also the number of rooted trees with n+1 nodes and height at most 2.

Coincides with the sequence of numbers of nilpotent conjugacy classes in the Lie algebras gl(n). A006950, A015128 and this sequence together cover the nilpotent conjugacy classes in the classical A,B,C,D series of Lie algebras. - Alexander Elashvili, Sep 08 2003

a(n)=a(0)b(n)+a(1)b(n-2)+a(2)b(n-4)+... where b=A000009.

Number of distinct Abelian groups of order p^n, where p is prime (the number is independent of p). - Lekraj Beedassy , Oct 16 2004

Number of graphs on n vertices that do not contain P3 as an induced subgraph. - Washington Bomfim, May 10 2005

It is unknown if there are infinitely many partition numbers divisible by 3, although it is known that there are infinitely many divisible by 2. - Jonathan Vos Post, Jun 21 2005

Numbers of terms to be added when expanding the n-th derivative of 1/f(x). - Thomas Baruchel (baruchel(AT)users.sourceforge.net), Nov 07 2005

a(n) = A114099(9*n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 15 2006

Comment from Maurice D. Craig (towenaar(AT)optusnet.com.au), Oct 30 2006: sequence agrees with expansion of Molien series for symmetric group S_n up to the term in x^n.

Also the number of nonnegative integer solutions to x_1+x_2+x_3+...+x_n=n such that n>=x_1>=x_2>=x_3>=...>=x_n>=0, because by letting y_k=x_k-x_(k+1)>=0 (where 0<k<n) we get y_1+2y_2+3y_3+...+(n-1)y_(n-1)+nx_n=n. - Werner Grundlingh (wgrundlingh(AT)gmail.com), Mar 14 2007

Let P(z):= Sum{j=0..inf} b_j z^j, b_0 != 0. Then 1/P(z) = Sum{j=0..inf} c_j z^j, where the c_j must be computed from the infinite triangular system b_0 c_0 = 1, b_0 c_1 + b_1 c_0 = 0 and so on (Cauchy products of the coefficients set to zero). The n-th partition number arises as the number of terms in the numerator of the expression for c_n: The coefficient c_n of the inverted power series is a fraction with b_0^(n+1) in the denominator and in its numerator having a(n) products of n coefficients b_i each. The partitions may be read off from the indices of the b_i. - Peter C. Heinig (algorithms(AT)gmx.de), Apr 09 2007

A026820(a(n),n) = A134737(n) for n>0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 07 2007

Equals row sums of triangle A137683 - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 05 2008

This is also the number of parts equal to 1 in the outer shell of the partitions of n+1 (see A138151). - Omar E. Pol (info(AT)polprimos.com), Apr 17 2008

a(n)= the number of different ways to run up a staircase with n steps, taking steps of sizes 1,2,3,... and r (r<=n), where the order is not important and there is no restriction on the number or the size of each step taken. - Mohammad K. Azarian (azarian(AT)evansville.edu), May 21 2008

Equals the eigenvector of triangle A145006 and row sums of the eigentriangle of the partition numbers, A145007. [From Gary W. Adamson, Sep 28 2008]

Contribution from Gary W. Adamson , Oct 05 2008: (Start)

Starting with offset 1 = INVERT transform of (1, 1, 0, 0, -1, 0, -1,...),

where A080995, the characteristic function of A001318 (1, 2, 5, 7, 12,...) is

signed (++ -- ++,...) as to 1's. This is equivalent to Lim__{n=1..inf}

A145006^n as a vector. The INVERT transform of (1, 1, 0, 0, -1,...) begins (1, 2,..)

then for each successive operation we take a dot product of (1, 1, 0, 0, -1,...) in reverse and the ongoing results of our series (1, 2, 3, 5, 7,...)

then add the result to the next term in (1, 1, 0, 0, -1,...). For example, a

(7) = 15 = (0, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1) dot (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11) = (0*1, (-1)*2, 0*3, 0*5, 1*7, 1*11)

= (-2 + 7 + 11) = 16, then add to (-1) = 15. (End)

Convolved with A147843 = A000203 prefaced with a zero: (0, 1, 3, 4, 7,...). [From Gary W. Adamson, Nov 15 2008]

Contribution from Gary W. Adamson , Jun 12 2009: (Start)

Equals an infinite convolution product_(1,1,1,...)*(1,0,1,0,1,...)*

(1,0,0,1,0,0,1,...)*(1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,...)* ...; = a*b*c*...; where a =

(1/(1-x), b = (1/(1-x^2), c = (1/(1-x^3), ...etc. An array by rows: row 1 =

a, row 2 = a*b, row 3 = a*b*c,...; gives:

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,. 1,. 1,. 1,..1,... = (a).................................

1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3,. 4,..4,. 5,..5,... = (a*b)...............................

1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,. 7,..8,.10,.11,... = (a*b*c).............................

1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,. 6,..9,.11,.17,... = (a*b*c*d)...........................

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 5,. 7,.10,.13,.18,... = (a*b*c*d*e).........................

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7,.11,.14,.20,.25,... = (a*b*c*d*e*f).......................

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7,.11,.15,.21,.27,... = (a*b*c*d*e*f*g).....................

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7,.11,.15,.22,.28,... = (a*b*c*d*e*f*g*h)...................

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7,.11,.15,.22,.29,... = (a*b*c*d*e*f*g*h*i).................

...with rows tending to A000041. Partition triangles A058398 = ascending

antidiagonals. Partition triangle A008284 reversal of A058398. (End)

a(n) is also the number of partitions of 2n into even parts. More generally, it appears that a(n) is also the number of partitions of k*n into parts divisible by k, for k>0. [From Omar E. Pol, Nov 20 2009, Nov 25 2009]

Starting with offset 1 = row sums of triangle A168532 [From Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 28 2009]

Contribution from Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 21 2010: (Start)

a(n) = A026820(n,n);

a(n) = A108949(n)+A045931(n)+A108950(n) = A130780(n)+A171966(n)-A045931(n) = A045931(n)+A171967(n). (End)

Contribution from Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 11 2010: (Start)

P(x) = A(x)/A(x^2) with P(x) = (1+x+2x^2+3x^3+5x^4+7x^5 + ...)

A(x) = (1+x+3x^2+4x^3+10x^4+13x^5 + ...),

A(x^2) = (1+x^2+3x^4+4x^6+10x^8+ ...), where A092119 = (1, 1, 3, 4, 10,...) =

Euler transform of the ruler sequence, A001511. (End)

Equals row sums of triangle A173304 [From Gary W. Adamson, Feb 15 2010]

p(x) = A(x)*A(x^2), A(x) = A174065; p(x) = B(x)*B(x^3), B(x) = A174068. Equals row sums of triangles A174066 and A174067 [From Gary W. Adamson, Mar 06 2010]

Contribution from Gary W. Adamson, Apr 11 2010: (Start)

Triangle A113685 is equivalent to p(x) = p(x^2) * A000009(x). Triangle

A176202 is equivalent to p(x) = p(x^3) * A000726(x). (End)

Contribution from Peter Luschny, Oct 24 2010: (Start)

A sequence of positive integers p = p_1...p_k is a descending partition of the positive integer n if p_1 +...+ p_k = n and p_1 >=...>= p_k. If formally needed p_j = 0 is appended to p for j > k. Let P_n denote the set of these partition for some n >= 1. Then

a(n) = 1 + sum_{p in P_n} floor((p_1-1)/(p_2+1)).

(Cf. A000065, where the formula reduces to the sum.) Proof in Kelleher and O'Sullivan (2009). For example a(6) = 1+0+0+0+0+1+0+0+1+1+2+5 = 11. (End)

a(n) is also A027293(n+k,k), the number of partitions of n+k that contain k as a part [From Omar E. Pol, Nov 27 2010]

Contribution from Jerome Malenfant, Feb 14. 2011: (Start)

Let n=sum( k_(p_m)) p_m )=k_1 + 2k_2 + 5k_5 + 7k_7 + ..., where p_m is the m-th generalized pentagonal number (A001318).  Then a(n) is the sum over all such pentagonal partitions of n  of (-1)^(k_5+k_7 + k_22 + . . .) ( k_1+k_2+k_5 + . . .)! /( k_1! k_2! k_5!  . . . ), where the exponent of (-1) is the sum of all the k's corresponding to even-indexed GPN's. (End)

Contribution from Jerome Malenfant, Feb 14. 2011: (Start)

The matrix of a(n) values

  a(0)

  a(1) a(0)

  a(2) a(1) a(0)

  a(3) a(2) a(1) a(0)

  ....

  a(n) a(n-1) a(n-2)...a(0)

is the inverse of the matrix

   1

  -1  1

  -1 -1  1

   0 -1 -1  1

  ....

  -d_n  -d_(n-1) -d_(n-2) ...-d_1 1

where d_q = (-1)^(m+1) if q = m(3m-1)/2 = the m-th generalized pentagonal number (A001318), = 0 otherwise. (End)

Equals row sums of triangle A187566 - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 21 2011.

Let k>0 be an integer, and let i_1,i_2,...,i_k be distinct integers such that 1<=i_1<i_2<...<i_k. Then, equivalently, a(n) equals the number of partitions of N=n+i_1+i_2+...+i_k in which each i_j (1<=j<=k) appears as a part at least once. To see this, note that the partitions of N of this class must be in 1-to-1 correspondence with the partitions of n, since N-i_1-i_2-...-i_k=n. - L. Edson Jeffery, April 16, 2011.

a(n) is the number of ordered degree sequences of all trees on vertex set {1,2,...,n+2}.  Take a partition of the integer n,  add 1 to each part and append 1's so that the total is 2n+2.  Now you have a degree sequence of a tree with n+2 nodes.  Example: The partition 3+2+1=6 corresponds to the degree sequence {4,3,2,1,1,1,1,1} of a tree with 8 vertices.  *Geoffrey Critzer April 16, 2011.

a(n-1) is number of partitions of 2*n-1 into n parts [From Vladimir Kruchinin, May 03 2011]

a(n) is number of distinct characteristic polynomials among  n! of permutations matrices size n x n. - Artur Jasinski, Oct 24 2011

a(n) is also the sum of Dyson's ranks of all partitions of n+1 that do not contain 1 as a part, if n >= 1. (Cf. A195822). - Omar E. Pol, Nov 06 2011

a(n) is also the number of regions of n (Cf. A186114, A193870). a(n) is also the number of parts in the last region of n (Cf. A194446). It appears that a(n) is also the number of regions of n+2 that contain only one part (Cf. A194439). - Omar E. Pol, Dec 01 2011

It appears that a(n) is also the total number of parts of size k in all outer shells of the partitions of the next k integers (Cf. A135010, A194812, A182703, A182712-A182714). - Omar E. Pol, Feb 03 2012

It appears that a(n) is also the difference, between n+k and n, of the total number of parts of size k in all their partitions, if k >= 1 (Cf. A066633). - Omar E. Pol, Feb 04 2012

REFERENCES

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Robert M. Young, "Excursions in Calculus", Mathematical Association of America, p. 367. [From Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 05 2008]

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Index entries for "core" sequences

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Index entries for expansions of Product_{k >= 1} (1-x^k)^m

Index entries for sequences related to rooted trees

FORMULA

G.f.: Product_{k>0} 1/(1-x^k) = Sum_{k>= 0} x^k Product_{i = 1..k} 1/(1-x^i) = 1+Sum_{k>0} x^(k^2)/(Product_{i = 1..k} (1-x^i))^2.

G.f.: 1+sum(n>=1, x^n/prod(k>=n ,1-x^k)) - Joerg Arndt, Jan 29 2011.

a(n) - a(n-1) - a(n-2) + a(n-5) + a(n-7) - a(n-12) - a(n-15) + ... = 0, where the sum is over n-k and k is a generalized pentagonal number (A001318) <= n and the sign of the k-th term is (-1)^([(k+1)/2]). See A001318 for a good way to remember this!

a(n) = (1/n) * Sum_{k=0, 1, ..., n-1} sigma(n-k)*a(k), where sigma(k) is the sum of divisors of k (A000203).

a(n) ~ 1/(4*n*sqrt(3)) * e^(Pi * sqrt(2n/3)) as n -> infinity (Hardy and Ramanujan).

a(n) < exp( (2/3)^(1/2) pi sqrt(n) ) (Ayoub, p. 197).

G.f.: Product (1+x^m)^A001511(m); m=1..inf. - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), Mar 26 2004

a(n)=sum(i=0, n-1, P(i, n-i)), where P(x, y) is the number of partitions of x into at most y parts and P(0, y)=1. - Jon Perry (perry(AT)globalnet.co.uk), Jun 16 2003

G.f. : product(i=1, oo, product(j=0, oo, (1+x^((2i-1)*2^j))^(j+1))) - Jon Perry (perry(AT)globalnet.co.uk), Jun 06 2004

G.f. e^{Sum_{k>0} (x^k/(1-x^k)/k)}. - Frank Adams-Watters, Feb 08 2006

Euler transform of all 1's sequence (A000012). Weighout transform of A001511. - Frank Adams-Watters, Mar 15 2006

a(n) = A027187(n)+A027193(n) = A000701(n)+A046682(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 22 2006

1/(1-x) + sum(k>=1, x^k*(k+1)/ prod(i=1,k, (1-x^i)^2)*(1-x^k+1) ) (the pronic equivalent of the Durfee Square GF) [From Jon Perry, Aug 02 2008]

Convolved with A152537 gives A000079, powers of 2. [From Gary W. Adamson, Dec 06 2008]

a(n) = Tr(n)/(24*n-1) = A183011(n)/A183010(n), n>=1. See the Bruinier-Ono paper in the link. [From Omar E. Pol, Jan 23 2011]

Contribution from Jerome Malenfant, Feb 14. 2011: (Start)

a(n) = determinant of the n by n  Toeplitz matrix:

1  -1

1   1  -1

0   1   1  -1

0   0   1   1  -1

-1   0   0   1   1  -1

. . . .

d_n  d_(n-1) d_(n-2)...1

where d_q = (-1)^(m+1) if q = m(3m-1)/2 = p_m, the m-th generalized pentagonal number (A001318), otherwise d_q = 0. Note that the 1's run along the diagonal and the -1's are on the superdiagonal.  The (n-1) row, (not written), would end with ... 1 -1. (End)

Empirical: let F*(x)=Sum(p(n)*exp(-Pi*x*(n+1)),n=0..infinity),

then F*(2/5) = 1/sqrt(5) to a precision of 13 digits.

F*(4/5) = 1/2+3/2/sqrt(5)-sqrt(1/2*(1+3/sqrt(5))) to a precision of 28 digits. These are the only values found for a/b when a/b is from F60, Farey fractions up to 60. The number for F*(4/5) is one of the real roots of 25*x^4 - 50*x^3 - 10*x^2 - 10*x + 1. Note here the exponent (n+1) compared to the standard notation with n starting at 0. Simon Plouffe, Feb. 23 2011.

The constant (2^(7/8)*GAMMA(3/4))/(exp(Pi/6)*Pi^(1/4)) = 1.0000034873... when expanded in base exp(4*Pi) will give the first 52 terms of a(n), n>0, the precision needed is 300 decimal digits. Simon Plouffe, March 2 2011.

a(n) = A035363(2n). [From Omar E. Pol, Nov 20 2009]

a(n) = A138137(n+1) - A138135(n+1). - Omar E. Pol, Nov 07 2011

G.f.: A(x)=1+x/(G(0)-x); G(k)= 1 + x - x^(k+1) - x*(1-x^(k+1))/G(k+1); (continued fraction Euler's kind, 1-step ). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jan 25 2012

It appears that a(n) = Sum_{j=1..k} T(n+j,k), where T(n,k) is the number of parts of size k in the outer shell of the partitions of n (Cf. A135010, A182703, A182712-A182714). - Omar E. Pol, Feb 03 2012

MAPLE

with(combinat); A000041 := numbpart; [ seq(numbpart(i), i=0..50) ]; [Warning: Maple 10 and 11 give incorrect answers in some cases: A110375.]

spec := [ B, {B=Set(Set(Z, card>=1))}, unlabeled ]; [seq(combstruct[count](spec, size=n), n=0..50)];

with(combstruct):ZL0:=[S, {S=Set(Cycle(Z, card>0))}, unlabeled]:seq(count(ZL0, size=n), n=0..45); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Sep 24 2007

G:={P=Set(Set(Atom, card>0))}:combstruct[gfsolve](G, labeled, x); seq(combstruct[count]([P, G, unlabeled], size=i), i=0..45); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Dec 16 2007

MATHEMATICA

Table[ PartitionsP[n], {n, 0, 45}]

a[ n_] := SeriesCoefficient[ q^(1/24) / DedekindEta[ Log[q] / (2 Pi I)], {q, 0, n}] (* Michael Somos Jul 11 2011 *)

a[ n_] := SeriesCoefficient[ 1 / Product[1 - x^k, {k, n}], {x, 0, n}] (* Michael Somos Jul 11 2011 *)

cc = {}; dd = {}; Do[aa = {}; per = Permutations[nn]; zero1 = {}; Do[bb = {}; Do[AppendTo[bb, 0], {n, 1, nn}]; AppendTo[zero1, bb], {n, 1, nn}]; Do[zero = zero1; Do[zero[[n]][[per[[m]][[n]]]] = 1, {n, 1, nn}]; AppendTo[aa, CharacteristicPolynomial[zero, x]], {m, 1, nn!}]; AppendTo[dd, Length[Union[aa]]], {nn, 1, 10}] (* Artur Jasinski, Oct 24 2011 *)

PROG

(MAGMA) a:= func< n | NumberOfPartitions(n) >; [ a(n) : n in [0..10]];

(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, polcoeff( 1 / eta(x + x * O(x^n)), n))}

(PARI) The Hardy-Ramanujan-Rademacher exact formula in PARI is as follows (this is no longer necessary since it is now built in to the numbpart command): - Ralf Stephan, Nov 30 2002

Psi(n, q) = local(a, b, c); a=sqrt(2/3)*Pi/q; b=n-1/24; c=sqrt(b); (sqrt(q)/(2*sqrt(2)*b*Pi))*(a*cosh(a*c)-(sinh(a*c)/c))

L(n, q) = if(q==1, 1, sum(h=1, q-1, if(gcd(h, q)>1, 0, cos((g(h, q)-2*h*n)*Pi/q))))

g(h, q) = if(q<3, 0, sum(k=1, q-1, k*(frac(h*k/q)-1/2)))

part(n) = round(sum(q=1, max(5, 0.24*sqrt(n)+2), L(n, q)*Psi(n, q)))

(PARI) {a(n) = numbpart(n)}

(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, polcoeff( sum( k=1, sqrtint(n), x^k^2 / prod( i=1, k, 1 - x^i, 1 + x * O(x^n))^2, 1), n))}

(PARI) f(n)= {local(v, i, k, s, t); v=vector(n, k, 0); v[n]=2; t=0; while(v[1]<n, i=2; while(v[i]==0, i++); v[i]--; s=sum(k=i, n, k*v[k]); while(i>1, i--; s+=i*(v[i]=(n-s)\i)); t++); t } (Thomas Baruchel (baruchel(AT)users(AT)sourceforge.net), Nov 07 2005)

(Mupad) combinat::partitions::count(i) $i=0..54 - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 16 2007

(Sage) [number_of_partitions(n) for n in xrange(0, 46)] # [From Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), May 24 2009]

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<0, 0, polcoeff(exp(sum(k=1, n, x^k/(1-x^k)/k, x*O(x^n))), n)) [From Joerg Arndt, Apr 16 2010]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000009, A008284, A000203, A001318, A132311, A138151.

For successive differences see A002865, A053445, A072380, A081094, A081095.

Antidiagonal sums of triangle A092905.

Cf. A135010, A138121. [From Omar E. Pol, Sep 06 2008]

Cf. A145006, A145007, A080995, A147843, A152537, A000079, A092119, A173238, A173239, A173241, A173304, A174065, A174066, A164067, A174068, A113685, A176202.

Cf. A168532.

Cf. A187566.

a(n) = A054225(n,0). [Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 30 2011]

Sequence in context: A194439 A046054 A092885 * A084251 A024794 A195308

Adjacent sequences:  A000038 A000039 A000040 * A000042 A000043 A000044

KEYWORD

core,easy,nonn,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

Links contributed by Patrick De Geest (pdg(AT)worldofnumbers.com), Oct 15 1999. Additional comments from Ola Veshta (olaveshta(AT)my-deja.com), Feb 28 2001 and from Dan Fux (dan.fux(AT)OpenGaia.com or danfux(AT)OpenGaia.com), Apr 07 2001.

Further links contributed by Lekraj Beedassy (blekraj(AT)yahoo.com), Spring 2003

pari/gp code (generating function involving exp()) [From Joerg Arndt (arndt(AT)jjj.de), Apr 16 2010]

Added a reference by Mohammad K. Azarian (azarian(AT)evansville.edu), Aug 21 2010

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