A brief history of partitions of numbers, partition functions and their modern applications

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2015.1071441zbMath1342.97006OpenAlexW2172446279MaRDI QIDQ2816755

Lokenath Debnath

Publication date: 25 August 2016

Published in: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2015.1071441

zbMATH Keywords

partition functionspartition of numbersasymptotic formulas of partition functionsgenerating functions applications to statistical physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Partitions; congruences and congruential restrictions (11P83) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of number theory (11-03) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Analytic theory of partitions (11P82) Number theory (educational aspects) (97F60)

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• Two element lattice permutation numbers and their \(q\)-generalization
• Subspaces, subsets, and partitions
• A brief historical development of classical mathematics before the Renaissance
• On the Foundations of Combinatorial Theory. VII: Symmetric Functions through the Theory of Distribution and Occupancy
• Partitions - a survey
• Waring's Problem

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