OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
a(n) is also the sum of the sizes of the Durfee squares of all partitions of n, minus the number of partitions of n.
a(n) is also the sum of positive cranks of all partitions of n, minus the number of partitions of n.
REFERENCES
G. E. Andrews, Theory of Partitions, Cambridge University Press, 1984, page 143.
EXAMPLE
For n = 8 the partitions of 8 and their respective right-angles diagrams are as follows:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1| |8 2| _|8 3| _ _|8 4| _ _ _|8 5| _ _ _ _|8
1| | 1| | 1| | 1| | 1| |
1| | 1| | 1| | 1| | 1| |
1| | 1| | 1| | 1| | 1|_|
1| | 1| | 1| | 1|_|
1| | 1| | 1|_|
1| | 1|_|
1|_|
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6| _ _ _ _ _|8 7| _ _ _ _ _ _|8 8|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|8
1| | 1|_|
1|_|
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2| _|7 3| _ _|7 4| _ _ _|7 5| _ _ _ _|7 6| _ _ _ _ _|7
2| |_|1 2| |_| 1 2| |_| 1 2| |_| 1 2|_|_| 1
1| | 1| | 1| | 1|_|
1| | 1| | 1|_|
1| | 1|_|
1|_|
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2| _|6 3| _ _|6 3| _ _|6 4| _ _ _|6 4| _ _ _|6 5| _ _ _ _|6
2| | |2 2| | | 2 3| |_ _|2 2| | | 2 3| |_ _| 2 3|_|_ _| 2
2| |_| 2| |_| 1| | 2|_|_| 1|_|
1| | 1|_| 1|_|
1|_|
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2| _|5 3| _ _|5 4| _ _ _|5
2| | |3 3| | _|3 4|_|_ _ _|3
2| | | 2|_|_|
2|_|_|
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In total there are 14 right angles that are not the largest right angle of the partitions of 8, so a(8) = 14.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Omar E. Pol, Jan 01 2020
EXTENSIONS
a(17) and a(47) corrected by Georg Fischer, Apr 11 2024
STATUS
approved