Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
If λ = (λ1,…, λm) where λ1,…,λm are nonnegative integers with λ1 ≥…≥ λm, then λ is a partition of |λ| = λ1 + …+λm, and we write λ⊢ |λ|. The non-zero λi's are the parts of λ, so λ1 is the largest part, and ℓ(λ) is the number of parts of λ. Two partitions with the same parts, so they differ only in number of zeros, are the same. The set of all partitions, including the partition of 0 (with 0 parts) is denoted by The conjugate of λ, denoted by , is the partition (μ1,…, μk), in which μi is the number of λ's that are ≥i , for i = 1,…, k, where k=λ1.