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In combinatorics: Partitions
The theory of unordered partitions is much more difficult and has many interesting features. An unordered partition can be standardized by listing the parts in a decreasing order. Thus n = x₁ + x₂ +⋯+ x_k, x₁ ≥ x₂ ≥⋯≥ x_k ≥ 1. In what follows, partition will…
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