PARTITIONS

The first part of the lecture will include an overview of the methods used to study p(n), the number of partitions of n:
  • Combinatorics
  • q-series
  • Modular forms
[ SLIDES - Overview ]

The second part of the lecture will include some more detailed background on partitions:

  • Definition
  • Generating Functions
  • Jacobi Triple Product, Euler's identity
  • Sketch of proof of Ramanujan congruence modulo 5
  • Ferrer's graph
  • Conjugate partitions
  • Durfee's Square
  • Euler's Pentagonal Number Theorem
[ SLIDES - Partitions ]

[ PROBLEMS - Partitions ]

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Created by F.G. Garvan (fgarvan@ufl.edu) on Sunday, March 02, 2008.
Last update made Sun Mar 9 08:34:13 EDT 2008.


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