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On the polynomial representation for the number of partitions with fixed length

Author(s): So Ryoung Park; Jinsoo Bae; Hyun Gu Kang; Iickho Song.
Journal: Math. Comp. 77 (2008), 1135-1151.
MSC (2000): Primary 05A17; Secondary 11P81, 11P82
Posted: December 10, 2007
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Abstract: In this paper, it is shown that the number $ M(n,k)$ of partitions of a nonnegative integer $ n$ with $ k$ parts can be described by a set of $ \widetilde{k}$ polynomials of degree $ k-1$ in $ Q_{\widetilde{k}}$, where $ \widetilde{k}$ denotes the least common multiple of the $ k$ integers $ 1, 2, \cdots, k$ and $ Q_{\widetilde{k}}$ denotes the quotient of $ n$ when divided by $ \widetilde{k}$. In addition, the sets of the $ \widetilde{k}$ polynomials are obtained and shown explicitly for $ k=3, 4, 5,$ and $ 6$.


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Additional Information:

So Ryoung Park
Affiliation: School of Information, Communications, and Electronics Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon 420-743 Korea
Email: srpark@catholic.ac.kr

Jinsoo Bae
Affiliation: Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747 Korea
Email: baej@sejong.ac.kr

Hyun Gu Kang
Affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701 Korea
Email: khg@Sejong.kaist.ac.kr

Iickho Song
Affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701 Korea
Email: i.song@ieee.org

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-07-02082-0
PII: S 0025-5718(07)02082-0
Keywords: Partition, polynomial representation, nonrecursive formula
Received by editor(s): March 9, 2007
Posted: December 10, 2007
Additional Notes: This study was supported by the National Research Laboratory (NRL) Program of Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), under Grant R0A-2005-000-10005-0, for which the authors would like to express their thanks. The authors also wish to express their appreciation of the constructive suggestions and helpful comments from the anonymous reviewers.
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