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The Enumeration of the Partitions of Multipartite Numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. A. Macmahon
P. A. Macmahon
Affiliation:
St John's College
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This paper is a study of a new method of enumeration of the partitions of multipartite numbers.

Incidentally an algebraic function, which is derived from the repetitional exponents of partitions of unipartite numbers, presents itself. The generating function which enumerates the partitions of unipartite numbers is expressible in terms of these functions and finds in such expression its fullest connection with the divisors of numbers. There are also similarly derived functions connected directly with bipartite, tripartite, etc. numbers. It has not been necessary to study these for the purposes of this paper.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , November 1925 , pp. 951 - 963
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1925

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