Trapezoidal numbers, divisor functions, and a partition theorem of Sylvester
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Publication:1644634
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-68376-8_31zbMATH Open1393.05046arXiv1601.07058OpenAlexW2962907885MaRDI QIDQ1644634FDOQ1644634
Authors: Melvyn B. Nathanson 
Publication date: 21 June 2018
Abstract: A partition of a positive integer is a representation of as a sum of a finite number of positive integers (called parts). A trapezoidal number is a positive integer that has a partition whose parts are a decreasing sequence of consecutive integers, or, more generally, whose parts form a finite arithmetic progression. This paper reviews the relation between trapezoidal numbers, partitions, and the set of divisors of a positive integer. There is also a complete proof of a theorem of Sylvester that produces a stratification of the partitions of an integer into odd parts and partitions into disjoint trapezoids.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.07058
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