Combinatorial proofs of some enumeration identities (Q1109775)

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    Combinatorial proofs of some enumeration identities
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4070904

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      Combinatorial proofs of some enumeration identities (English)
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      1988
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      The author first gives a proof by generating function, as also a combinatorial proof of the following result: Theorem. The number of compositions of n with exactly m parts equals the number of partitions into m distinct parts with largest part n. The above theorem and some related results are then used in proving the following theorem combinatorially: Theorem. The number of compositions of n is the same as the number of self-conjugate partitions with largest part equal to n. Examples are cited to explain the meaning of the results.
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      lattice paths
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      generating function
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      self-conjugate partitions
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