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Number of strict partitions of n having fewer odd parts than even.
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%I #24 Feb 19 2026 11:19:07

%S 0,0,1,0,1,0,2,1,2,2,3,4,4,7,5,11,7,16,10,23,15,32,21,43,32,57,45,74,

%T 66,96,92,123,129,157,175,199,239,253,316,320,419,406,544,514,704,652,

%U 898,825,1142,1045,1435,1321,1798,1669,2234,2103,2766,2646,3404

%N Number of strict partitions of n having fewer odd parts than even.

%C a(n) = Sum_{k<=-1} A240021(n,k). - _Alois P. Heinz_, Apr 02 2014

%H Vaclav Kotesovec, <a href="/A239239/b239239.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000</a> (terms 0..1000 from Alois P. Heinz)

%F a(n) + A239243(n) = A000009(n) for n >=1.

%F G.f.: Sum_{i>=0} Sum_{j=0..i-1} x^(i*(i+1)+j^2) / ( (Product_{k=1..i} (1-x^(2*k))) * (Product_{k=1..j} (1-x^(2*k))) ). - _Seiichi Manyama_, Feb 18 2026

%e a(6) counts these partitions: 6, 42.

%p b:= proc(n, i, t) option remember; `if`(n>i*(i+1)/2, 0,

%p `if`(n=0, `if`(t<0, 1, 0 ), b(n, i-1, t)+`if`(i>n, 0,

%p b(n-i, i-1, t+`if`(irem(i, 2)=1, 1, -1)))))

%p end:

%p a:= n-> b(n$2, 0):

%p seq(a(n), n=0..60); # _Alois P. Heinz_, Mar 15 2014

%t z = 55; p[n_] := p[n] = IntegerPartitions[n]; d[u_] := d[u] = DeleteDuplicates[u]; g[u_] := g[u] = Length[u];

%t Table[g[Select[Select[p[n], d[#] == # &], Count[#, _?OddQ] < Count[#, _?EvenQ] &]], {n, 0, z}] (* A239239 *)

%t Table[g[Select[Select[p[n], d[#] == # &], Count[#, _?OddQ] <= Count[#, _?EvenQ] &]], {n, 0, z}] (* A239240 *)

%t Table[g[Select[Select[p[n], d[#] == # &], Count[#, _?OddQ] == Count[#, _?EvenQ] &]], {n, 0, z}] (* A239241 *)

%t Table[g[Select[Select[p[n], d[#] == # &], Count[#, _?OddQ] > Count[#, _?EvenQ] &]], {n, 0, z}] (* A239242 *)

%t Table[g[Select[Select[p[n], d[#] == # &], Count[#, _?OddQ] >= Count[#, _?EvenQ] &]], {n, 0, z}] (* A239243 *)

%t (* _Peter J. C. Moses_, Mar 10 2014 *)

%t b[n_, i_, t_] := b[n, i, t] = If[n>i*(i+1)/2, 0, If[n == 0, If[t<0, 1, 0], b[n, i-1, t] + If[i>n, 0, b[n-i, i-1, t+If[Mod[i, 2] == 1, 1, -1]]]]]; a[n_] := b[n, n, 0]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 60}] (* _Jean-François Alcover_, Aug 29 2016, after _Alois P. Heinz_ *)

%Y Cf. A239240, A239241, A239242, A239243, A000009.

%K nonn,easy

%O 0,7

%A _Clark Kimberling_, Mar 13 2014