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Generating function for A261041

Let $a(n)$ be A261041 (i.e., number of partitions of subsets of $\{1,2,\dotsc,n\}$, where consecutive integers are required to be in different parts). Let $b(n)$ be an integer sequence with generating ...
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3 divides coefficents of this $q$-series

Denote $\phi(q):=\prod_{j\geq1}(1-q^j)$ and let $\xi=e^{\frac{2\pi i}3}$ be a cube root of unity. Define the sequence $u(n)$ by $$\prod_{n\geq1}\prod_{s=1}^2(1-q^n\xi^{ns})(1-q^{2n}\xi^{ns}) =\sum_{n\...
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Partition numbers as the specific sums of the A161511

Let $p(n)$ be A000041 i.e. number of partitions of $n$ (the partition numbers). Let $$ \ell(n)=\left\lfloor\log_2 n\right\rfloor $$ Let $a(n)$ be A161511 i.e. number of $1\cdots0$ pairs in the ...
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Closed-form for the number of partitions of $n$ avoiding the partition $(4,3,1)$

Let $a(n)$ be A309099 i.e. the number of partitions of $n$ avoiding the partition $(4,3,1)$. We say a partition $\alpha$ contains $\mu$ provided that one can delete rows and columns from (the Ferrers ...
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Sequence which is related to the binary expansion of $n$ and partition numbers

Let $p(n)$ be A000041 i.e. the number of partitions of $n$ (the partition numbers). Let $$ \ell(n)=\left\lfloor\log_2 n\right\rfloor $$ Let $\operatorname{wt}(n)$ be A000120 i.e. number of $1$'s in ...
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Pretty simple recursion for the A290383

Let $a(n)$ be A290383 i.e. number of set partitions of $[n]$ such that the smallest element of each block is odd. Here $$ a(n)=b(n,0,0) $$ where $$ b(n,m,t)=\sum\limits_{j=1}^{m-t+1}b(n-1,\max(m,j),1-...
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Recursion for the number of partitions of $m^n-1$ into powers of $m$

Let $a(n,m)$ be the number of partitions of $m^n-1$ into powers of $m$. In other words, $$a(n,m)=[z^{m^n-1}] \prod\limits_{k\geqslant 0} \frac{1}{1-z^{m^k}}$$ Let $$ R(n,m,q)=\sum\limits_{j=0}^{m(q+1)-...
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Are the numbers $\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac1{p(n)}$ and $\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac1{q(n)}$ transcendental?

For each positive integer $n$, let $p(n)$ be the number of partitions of $n$ (i.e., the number of ways to write $n$ as a sum of positive integers), and let $q(n)$ be the number of strict partitions of ...
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Prime numbers and number of partitions of $n$ into distinct parts with boundary size $2$

Let $a(n)$ be A227559, i.e., number of partitions of $n$ into distinct parts with boundary size $2$. Be careful here: offset is $3$. I conjecture that $a(4n+2)=2n+1$ for $n>0$ if and only if $2n+1$ ...
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Conjecture on numbers $k$ having only one partition into parts with same binary weight as a binary weight of $k$

Let $\operatorname{tr}(n)$ be A007814, number of trailing zeros in the binary representation of $n$. Also, let $\operatorname{ntr}(n)$ be A086784, number of non-trailing zeros in the binary ...
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Partition of $(2^{n+1}+1)2^{2^{n-1}+n-1}-1$ into parts with binary weight equals $2^{n-1}+n$

Let $\operatorname{wt}(n)$ be A000120, i.e., number of $1$'s in binary expansion of $n$ (or the binary weight of $n$). Let $a(n,m)$ be the sequence of numbers $k$ such that $\operatorname{wt}(k)=m$. ...
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$q$-series for the number of rectangles in a square lattice

Given a partition $\lambda\vdash n$ of $n$, look at its Young diagram $Y_{\lambda}$. Let $a(\lambda)$ be the number of squares (of all sizes) in $Y_{\lambda}$. For example, if $n=4$ then $a(4)=4, a(3,...
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Collapsed partitions and ordinary partitions

Adopt the standard notation for integer partitions, writing $\lambda_1^{a_1} \cdots \lambda_k^{a_k}$ as shorthand for the partition $a_1 \lambda_1 + \cdots + a_k \lambda_k$ with parts $\lambda_1 > \...
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A discrete operator begets even/odd polynomials

Given a function $f(x)$ define the forward shift operator by $Ef(x)=f(x+1)$ and the discrete derivative $\delta f(x)=(E-1)f(x)=f(x+1)-f(x)$. Given a partition $\lambda=(\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\dots,\...
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Asymptotic growth of a certain integer sequence

Some time ago, while putting my nose in the Sloane's Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, I came over the sequence A019568 defined as follows: $a(n):=$ the smallest positive integer $k$ such ...
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