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A046682 is a bound on the number of different multisets of hook lengths for partitions of n, A180652 is the actual count. So this sequence looks at collisions.

Also number of nonnegative solutions to b + 2c + 3d + 4e + ... = n and the number of nonnegative solutions to 2c + 3d + 4e + ... <= n. - Henry Bottomley, Apr 17 2001

a(n) is also the number of conjugacy classes in the symmetric group S_n (and the number of irreducible representations of S_n).

Also the number of rooted trees with n+1 nodes and height at most 2.

Coincides with the sequence of numbers of nilpotent conjugacy classes in the Lie algebras gl(n). A006950, A015128 and this sequence together cover the nilpotent conjugacy classes in the classical A,B,C,D series of Lie algebras. - Alexander Elashvili, Sep 08 2003

Number of distinct Abelian groups of order p^n, where p is prime (the number is independent of p). - Lekraj Beedassy, Oct 16 2004

Number of graphs on n vertices that do not contain P3 as an induced subgraph. - Washington Bomfim, May 10 2005

Numbers of terms to be added when expanding the n-th derivative of 1/f(x). - Thomas Baruchel, Nov 07 2005

Sequence agrees with expansion of Molien series for symmetric group S_n up to the term in x^n. - Maurice D. Craig (towenaar(AT)optusnet.com.au), Oct 30 2006

Also the number of nonnegative integer solutions to x_1 + x_2 + x_3 + ... + x_n = n such that n >= x_1 >= x_2 >= x_3 >= ... >= x_n >= 0, because by letting y_k = x_k - x_(k+1) >= 0 (where 0 < k < n) we get y_1 + 2y_2 + 3y_3 + ... + (n-1)y_(n-1) + nx_n = n. - Werner Grundlingh (wgrundlingh(AT)gmail.com), Mar 14 2007

Let P(z) := Sum_{j>=0} b_j z^j, b_0 != 0. Then 1/P(z) = Sum_{j>=0} c_j z^j, where the c_j must be computed from the infinite triangular system b_0 c_0 = 1, b_0 c_1 + b_1 c_0 = 0 and so on (Cauchy products of the coefficients set to zero). The n-th partition number arises as the number of terms in the numerator of the expression for c_n: The coefficient c_n of the inverted power series is a fraction with b_0^(n+1) in the denominator and in its numerator having a(n) products of n coefficients b_i each. The partitions may be read off from the indices of the b_i. - Peter C. Heinig (algorithms(AT)gmx.de), Apr 09 2007

A sequence of positive integers p = p_1 ... p_k is a descending partition of the positive integer n if p_1 + ... + p_k = n and p_1 >= ... >= p_k. If formally needed p_j = 0 is appended to p for j > k. Let P_n denote the set of these partition for some n >= 1. Then a(n) = 1 + Sum_{p in P_n} floor((p_1-1)/(p_2+1)). (Cf. A000065, where the formula reduces to the sum.) Proof in Kelleher and O'Sullivan (2009). For example a(6) = 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 11. - Peter Luschny, Oct 24 2010

Let n = Sum( k_(p_m) p_m ) = k_1 + 2k_2 + 5k_5 + 7k_7 + ..., where p_m is the m-th generalized pentagonal number (A001318). Then a(n) is the sum over all such pentagonal partitions of n of (-1)^(k_5+k_7 + k_22 + ...) ( k_1 + k_2 + k_5 + ...)! /( k_1! k_2! k_5! ...), where the exponent of (-1) is the sum of all the k's corresponding to even-indexed GPN's. - Jerome Malenfant, Feb 14 2011

From Jerome Malenfant, Feb 14 2011: (Start)

The matrix of a(n) values

a(0)

a(1) a(0)

a(2) a(1) a(0)

a(3) a(2) a(1) a(0)

....

a(n) a(n-1) a(n-2) ... a(0)

is the inverse of the matrix

1

-1 1

-1 -1 1

0 -1 -1 1

....

-d_n -d_(n-1) -d_(n-2) ... -d_1 1

where d_q = (-1)^(m+1) if q = m(3m-1)/2 = the m-th generalized pentagonal number (A001318), = 0 otherwise. (End)

Let k > 0 be an integer, and let i_1, i_2, ..., i_k be distinct integers such that 1 <= i_1 < i_2 < ... < i_k. Then, equivalently, a(n) equals the number of partitions of N = n + i_1 + i_2 + ... + i_k in which each i_j (1 <= j <= k) appears as a part at least once. To see this, note that the partitions of N of this class must be in 1-to-1 correspondence with the partitions of n, since N - i_1 - i_2 - ... - i_k = n. - L. Edson Jeffery, Apr 16 2011

a(n) is the number of distinct degree sequences over all free trees having n + 2 nodes. Take a partition of the integer n, add 1 to each part and append as many 1's as needed so that the total is 2n + 2. Now we have a degree sequence of a tree with n + 2 nodes. Example: The partition 3 + 2 + 1 = 6 corresponds to the degree sequence {4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1} of a tree with 8 vertices. - Geoffrey Critzer, Apr 16 2011

a(n) is number of distinct characteristic polynomials among n! of permutations matrices size n X n. - Artur Jasinski, Oct 24 2011

Conjecture: starting with offset 1 represents the numbers of ordered compositions of n using the signed (++--++...) terms of A001318 starting (1, 2, -5, -7, 12, 15, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 04 2013 (this is true by the pentagonal number theorem, Joerg Arndt, Apr 08 2013)

a(n) is also number of terms in expansion of the n-th derivative of log(f(x)). In Mathematica notation: Table[Length[Together[f[x]^n * D[Log[f[x]], {x, n}]]], {n, 1, 20}]. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 21 2013

Conjecture: No a(n) has the form x^m with m > 1 and x > 1. - Zhi-Wei Sun, Dec 02 2013

Partitions of n that contain a part p are the partitions of n - p. Thus, number of partitions of m*n - r that include k*n as a part is A000041(h*n-r), where h = m - k >= 0, n >= 2, 0 <= r < n; see A111295 as an example. - Clark Kimberling, Mar 03 2014

a(n) is the number of compositions of n into positive parts avoiding the pattern [1, 2]. - Bob Selcoe, Jul 08 2014

Conjecture: For any j there exists k such that all primes p <= A000040(j) are factors of one or more a(n) <= a(k). Growth of this coverage is slow and irregular. k = 1067 covers the first 102 primes, thus slower than A000027. - Richard R. Forberg, Dec 08 2014

a(n) is the number of nilpotent conjugacy classes in the order-preserving, order-decreasing and (order-preserving and order-decreasing) injective transformation semigroups. - Ugbene Ifeanyichukwu, Jun 03 2015

Define a segmented partition a(n,k, ) to be a partition of n with exactly k parts, with s(j) parts t(j) identical to each other and distinct from all the other parts. Note that n >= k, j <= k, 0 <= s(j) <= k, s(1)t(1) + ... + s(j)t(j) = n and s(1) + ... + s(j) = k. Then there are up to a(k) segmented partitions of n with exactly k parts. - Gregory L. Simay, Nov 08 2015

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From Gregory L. Simay, Nov 09 2015: (Start)

The polynomials for a(n, k, ) have degree j-1.

a(n, k, ) = 1 if n = 0 mod k, = 0 otherwise

a(rn, rk, ) = a(n, k, )

a(n odd, k, ) = 0

Established results can be recast in terms of segmented partitions:

For j(j+1)/2 <= n < (j+1)(j+2)/2, A000009(n) = a(n, 1, <1>) + ... + a(n, j, ), j < n

a(n, k, ) = a(n - j(j-1)/2, k)

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a(10^20) was computed using the NIST Arb package. It has 11140086260 digits and its head and tail sections are 18381765...88091448. See the Johansson 2015 link. - Stanislav Sykora, Feb 01 2016

Satisfies Benford's law [Anderson-Rolen-Stoehr, 2011]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 08 2017

The partition function p(n) is log-concave for all n>25 [DeSalvo-Pak, 2014]. - Michel Marcus, Apr 30 2019

a(n) is also the dimension of the n-th cohomology of the infinite real Grassmannian with coefficients in Z/2. - Luuk Stehouwer, Jun 06 2021

Number of equivalence relations on n unlabeled nodes. - Lorenzo Sauras Altuzarra, Jun 13 2022

Equivalently, number of idempotent mappings f from a set X of n elements into itself (i.e., satisfying f o f = f) up to permutation (i.e., f~f' :<=> There is a permutation sigma in Sym(X) such that f' o sigma = sigma o f). - Philip Turecek, Apr 17 2023

Conjecture: Each integer n > 2 different from 6 can be written as a sum of finitely many numbers of the form a(k) + 2 (k > 0) with no summand dividing another. This has been verified for n <= 7140. - Zhi-Wei Sun, May 16 2023

a(n) is also the number of partitions of n*(n+3)/2 into n distinct parts. - David García Herrero, Aug 20 2024

a(n) is also the number of non-isomorphic sigma algebras on {1,...,n}. A000110(n) counts all sigma algebras on {1,...,n}. Every sigma algebra on a finite set X is exactly the collection of all unions of its atoms (its minimal nonempty members), and those atoms partition X. An isomorphism of sigma algebras must map atoms to atoms, so the isomorphism class of a sigma algebra is determined by the multiset of its atom-sizes, which is an integer partition of n. - Matthew Azar, Jul 18 2025

Ramanujan theta functions: f(q) (see A121373), phi(q) (A000122), psi(q) (A010054), chi(q) (A000700).

Coefficients of replicable function number 96a. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 10 2015

For n >= 1, a(n) is the minimal row sum in the character table of the symmetric group S_n. The minimal row sum in the table corresponds to the one-dimensional alternating representation of S_n. The maximal row sum is in sequence A085547. - Yuval Dekel (dekelyuval(AT)hotmail.com), Sep 15 2003

Also the number of partitions of n into parts != 2 and differing by >= 6 with strict inequality if a part is even. [Alladi]

Let S be the set formed by the partial sums of 1+[2,3]+[2,5]+[2,7]+[2,9]+..., where [2,odd] indicates a choice, e.g., we may have 1+2, or 1+3+2, or 1+3+5+2+9, etc. Then A000700(n) is the number of elements of S that equal n. Also A000700(n) is the same parity as A000041(n) (the partition numbers). - Jon Perry, Dec 18 2003

a(n) is for n >= 2 the number of conjugacy classes of the symmetric group S_n which split into two classes under restriction to A_n, the alternating group. See the G. James - A. Kerber reference given under A115200, p. 12, 1.2.10 Lemma and the W. Lang link under A115198.

Also number of partitions of n such that if k is the largest part, then k occurs an odd number of times and each integer from 1 to k-1 occurs a positive even number of times (these are the conjugates of the partitions of n into distinct odd parts). Example: a(15)=4 because we have [3,3,3,2,2,1,1], [3,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1], [3,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1] and [1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]. - Emeric Deutsch, Apr 16 2006

The INVERTi transform of A000009 (number of partitions of n into odd parts starting with offset 1) = (1, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -2, 2, -2, 2, -3, 3, -3, 4, ...); = left border of triangle A146061. - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 26 2008

For n even: the sum over all even nonnegative integers, k, such that k^2 < n, of the number of partitions of (n-k^2)/2 into parts of size at most k. For n odd: the sum over all odd nonnegative integers, j, such that j^2 < n, of the number of partitions of (n-j^2)/2 into parts of size at most j. - Graham H. Hawkes, Oct 18 2013

This number is also (the number of conjugacy classes of S_n containing even permutations) - (the number of conjugacy classes of S_n containing odd permutations) = (the number of partitions of n into a number of parts having the same parity as n) - (the number of partitions of n into a number of parts having opposite parity as n) = (the number of partitions of n with largest part having same parity as n) - (the number of partitions with largest part having opposite parity as n). - David L. Harden, Dec 09 2016

a(n) is odd iff n belongs to A052002; that is, Sum_{n>=0} x^A052002(n) == Sum_{n>=0} a(n)*x^n (mod 2). - Peter Bala, Jan 22 2017

Also the number of conjugacy classes of S_n whose members yield unique square roots, i.e., there exists a unique h in S_n such that hh = g for any g in such a conjugacy class. Proof: first note that a permutation's square roots are determined by the product of the square roots of its decomposition into cycles of different lengths. h can only travel to one other cycle before it must "return home" (h^2(x) = g(x) must be in x's cycle), and, because if g^n(x) = x then h^2n(x) = x and h^2n(h(x)) = h(x), this "traveling" must preserve cycle length or one cycle will outpace the other. However, a permutation decomposing into two cycles of the same length has multiple square roots: for example, e = e^2 = (a b)^2, (a b)(c d) = (a c b d)^2 = (a d b c)^2, (a b c)(d e f) = (a d b e c f)^2 = (a e b f c d)^2, etc. This is true for any cycle length so we need only consider permutations with distinct cycle lengths. Finally, even cycle lengths are odd permutations and thus cannot be square, while odd cycle lengths have the unique square root h(x) = g^((n+1)/2)(x). Thus there is a correspondence between these conjugacy classes and partitions into distinct odd parts. - Keith J. Bauer, Jan 09 2024

a(2*n) equals the number of partitions of n into parts congruent to +-2, +-3, +-4 or +-5 mod 16. See Merca, 2015, Corollary 4.3. - Peter Bala, Dec 12 2024

Number of partitions of n in which greatest part is odd.

Number of partitions of n+1 into an even number of parts, the least being 1. Example: a(5)=4 because we have [5,1], [3,1,1,1], [2,1,1] and [1,1,1,1,1,1].

Also number of partitions of n+1 such that the largest part is even and occurs only once. Example: a(5)=4 because we have [6], [4,2], [4,1,1] and [2,1,1,1,1]. - Emeric Deutsch, Apr 05 2006

Also the number of partitions of n such that the number of odd parts and the number of even parts have opposite parities. Example: a(8)=10 is a count of these partitions: 8, 611, 521, 431, 422, 41111, 332, 32111, 22211, 2111111. - Clark Kimberling, Feb 01 2014, corrected Jan 06 2021

In Chaves 2011 see page 38 equation (3.20). - Michael Somos, Dec 28 2014

Suppose that c(0) = 1, that c(1), c(2), ... are indeterminates, that d(0) = 1, and that d(n) = -c(n) - c(n-1)*d(1) - ... - c(0)*d(n-1). When d(n) is expanded as a polynomial in c(1), c(2),..,c(n), the terms are of the form H*c(i_1)*c(i_2)*...*c(i_k). Let P(n) = [c(i_1), c(i_2), ..., c(i_k)], a partition of n. Then H is negative if P has an odd number of parts, and H is positive if P has an even number of parts. That is, d(n) has A027193(n) negative coefficients, A027187(n) positive coefficients, and A000041 terms. The maximal coefficient in d(n), in absolute value, is A102462(n). - Clark Kimberling, Dec 15 2016

The over-partition function.

Ramanujan theta functions: f(q) (see A121373), phi(q) (A000122), psi(q) (A010054), chi(q) (A000700).

Also the number of jagged partitions of n.

According to Ramanujan (1913) a(n) is close to (cosh(x)-sinh(x)/x)/(4*n) where x=Pi*sqrt(n). - Michael Somos, Mar 17 2003

Number of partitions of 2n with all odd parts occurring with even multiplicities. There is no restriction on the even parts. Cf. A006950, A046682. - Mamuka Jibladze, Sep 05 2003

Number of partitions of n where there are two kinds of odd parts. - Joerg Arndt, Jul 30 2011. Or, in Gosper's words, partitions into red integers and blue odd integers. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 04 2016.

Coincides with the sequence of numbers of nilpotent conjugacy classes in the Lie algebras sp(n), n=0,1,2,3,... (the case n=0 being degenerate). A006950, this sequence and A000041 together cover the nilpotent conjugacy classes in the classical A,B,C,D series of Lie algebras. - Alexander Elashvili, Sep 08 2003

Also, number of 01-partitions of n. A 01-partition of n is a weakly decreasing sequence of m nonnegative integers n(i) such that sum(n(i))=n, n(m)>0, n(j)>=n(j+1)-1 and n(j)>=n(j+2). They are special cases of jagged partitions.

a(8n+7) is divisible by 64 (from Fortin/Jacob/Mathieu paper).

Smallest sequence of even numbers (except a(0)) which is the Euler transform of a sequence of positive integers. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Oct 16 2006

Convolution of A000041 and A000009. - Vladeta Jovovic, Nov 26 2002

Equals A022567 convolved with A035363. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 09 2009

Equals the infinite product [1,2,2,2,...] * [1,0,2,0,2,0,2,...] * [1,0,0,2,0,0,2,0,0,2,...] * ... . - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 05 2009

Equals A182818 convolved with A010815. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 20 2012

Partial sums of A211971. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 09 2014

Also 1 together with the row sums of A235790. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 19 2014

Antidiagonal sums of A284592. - Peter Bala, Mar 30 2017

The overlining method is equivalent to enumerating the k-subsets of the distinct parts of the i-th partition. - Richard Joseph Boland, Sep 02 2021

Ramanujan theta functions: f(q) (see A121373), phi(q) (A000122), psi(q) (A010054), chi(q) (A000700).

For n > 0, also the number of partitions of n whose greatest part is even. [Edited by Gus Wiseman, Jan 05 2021]

Number of partitions of n+1 into an odd number of parts, the least being 1.

Also the number of partitions of n such that the number of even parts has the same parity as the number of odd parts; see Comments at A027193. - Clark Kimberling, Feb 01 2014, corrected Jan 06 2021

Suppose that c(0) = 1, that c(1), c(2), ... are indeterminates, that d(0) = 1, and that d(n) = -c(n) - c(n-1)*d(1) - ... - c(0)*d(n-1). When d(n) is expanded as a polynomial in c(1), c(2),..,c(n), the terms are of the form H*c(i_1)*c(i_2)*...*c(i_k). Let P(n) = [c(i_1), c(i_2), ..., c(i_k)], a partition of n. Then H is negative if P has an odd number of parts, and H is positive if P has an even number of parts. That is, d(n) has A027193(n) negative coefficients, A027187(n) positive coefficients, and A000041 terms. The maximal coefficient in d(n), in absolute value, is A102462(n). - Clark Kimberling, Dec 15 2016

Also the number of partitions of n in which all odd parts are distinct. There is no restriction on the even parts. E.g., a(9)=13 because "9 = 8+1 = 7+2 = 6+3 = 6+2+1 = 5+4 = 5+3+1 = 5+2+2 = 4+4+1 = 4+3+2 = 4+2+2+1 = 3+2+2+2 = 2+2+2+2+1". - Noureddine Chair, Feb 03 2005

Number of partitions of n in which each even part occurs with even multiplicity. There is no restriction on the odd parts.

Also the number of partitions of n into parts not congruent to 2 mod 4. - James Sellers, Feb 08 2002

Coincides with the sequence of numbers of nilpotent conjugacy classes in the Lie algebras o(n) of skew-symmetric n X n matrices, n=0,1,2,3,... (the cases n=0,1 being degenerate). This sequence, A015128 and A000041 together cover the nilpotent conjugacy classes in the classical A,B,C,D series of Lie algebras. - Alexander Elashvili, Sep 08 2003

Poincaré series [or Poincare series] (or Molien series) for symmetric invariants in F_2(b_1, b_2, ... b_n) ⊗ E(e_1, e_2, ... e_n) with b_i 2-dimensional, e_i one-dimensional and the permutation action of S_n, in the case n=2.

Equals polcoeff inverse of A010054 with alternate signs. - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 15 2010

It appears that this sequence is related to the generalized hexagonal numbers (A000217) in the same way as the partition numbers A000041 are related to the generalized pentagonal numbers A001318. (See the table in comments section of A195825.) Conjecture: this is 1 together with the row sums of triangle A195836, also column 1 of A195836, also column 2 of the square array A195825. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 09 2011

Since this is also column 2 of A195825 so the sequence contains only one plateau [1, 1, 1] of level 1 and length 3. For more information see A210843. - Omar E. Pol, Jun 27 2012

Convolution of A035363 and A000700. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 17 2015

Also the number of ways to stack n triangles in a valley (pointing upwards or downwards depending on row parity). - Seiichi Manyama, Jul 07 2018

The Heinz numbers of the self-conjugate partitions. We define the Heinz number of a partition p = [p_1, p_2, ..., p_r] to be Product(p_j-th prime, j=1..r) (a concept used by Alois P. Heinz in A215366 as an "encoding" of a partition). For example, for the partition [1, 1, 1, 4] we get 2*2*2*7 = 56. It is in the sequence since [1,1,1,4] is self-conjugate. - Emeric Deutsch, Jun 05 2015

Also number of cycle types of odd permutations.

Also number of partitions of n with an odd number of even parts. There is no restriction on the odd parts. - N. Sato, Jul 20 2005. E.g., a(6)=5 because we have [6],[4,1,1],[3,2,1],[2,2,2] and [2,1,1,1,1]. - Emeric Deutsch, Mar 02 2006

Also number of partitions of n with largest part not congruent to n modulo 2: a(2*n)=A027193(2*n), a(2*n+1)=A027187(2*n+1); a(n)=A000041(n)-A046682(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 22 2006

From Gus Wiseman, Mar 31 2022: (Start)

Also the number of integer partitions of n with Heinz number greater than that of their conjugate, where the Heinz number of a partition (y_1,...,y_k) is prime(y_1)*...*prime(y_k). These partitions are ranked by A352490. The complement is counted by A046682. For example, the a(n) partitions for n = 2...8 are:

(11) (111) (211) (221) (222) (331) (2222)

(1111) (2111) (2211) (2221) (3221)

(11111) (3111) (3211) (3311)

(21111) (22111) (22211)

(111111) (31111) (32111)

(211111) (41111)

(1111111) (221111)

(311111)

(2111111)

(11111111)

Also the number of integer partitions of n with Heinz number less than that of their conjugate, ranked by A352487. For example, the a(n) partitions for n = 2...8 are:

(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

(31) (32) (33) (43) (44)

(41) (42) (52) (53)

(51) (61) (62)

(411) (322) (71)

(421) (422)

(511) (431)

(521)

(611)

(5111)

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Also number of asymmetric Ferrers graphs with n nodes.