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partition

  

partition an integer

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

partition(n, m)

Parameters

n

-

non-negative integer; integer to partition

m

-

(optional) non-negative integer; maximum integer in partitions

Description

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The procedure partition partitions an integer n into all possible sums without regard to order.  The output is a list of lists of integers where the sum of the elements in each list is n.

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See the function numbpart, which computes the number of partitions.

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The command with(combinat,partition) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.

Examples

withcombinat,partition

partition

(1)

partition0

(2)

partition3

1,1,1,1,2,3

(3)

partition6,3

1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,3,1,2,3,3,3

(4)

See Also

combinat[numbpart]

type/partition