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A multiset is normal if it spans an initial interval of positive integers. The type of a multiset of integers is the unique normal multiset that has the same sequence of multiplicities when its entries are taken in increasing order. For example the type of 335556 is 112223.

If and only if there exists a multiset partition p whose multiset union has type h and where g = {g_1,...,g_n} is the multiset of types of the blocks of p, there exists a *combinatory separation* which is regarded as a multi-arrow p:h<=g. For example 1122<={12,11} is *not* a combinatory separation because one cannot partition a multiset of type 1122 into two blocks where one block has two distinct elements and the other block has two equal elements. Normal multisets N and combinatory separations S comprise a multi-order (N,S). The value of a(n) is the total number of *distinct* combinatory separations h<=g where h has weight n.

The term "combinatory separation" is inspired by MacMahon's inscrutable "Combinatory Analysis" (1915) which states: "A partition of any number is "separated" into "separates" by writing down a set [sic] of partitions, each partition in its own brackets, from left to right so that when all of the parts of these partitions are assembled in a single bracket, the partition separated is reproduced."

A multiset is normal if it covers an initial interval of positive integers. The type of a multiset of integers is the unique normal multiset that has the same sequence of multiplicities when its entries are taken in increasing order. For example the type of (3,3,5,5,5,6) is (1,1,2,2,2,3).

A pair h<={g_1,...,g_k} is a combinatory separation iff there exists a multiset partition of h whose multiset of block-types is {g_1,...,g_k}. For example, the (headless) combinatory separations of the multiset (1122) are (1122), (1)(112), (1)(122), (11)(11), (12)(12), (1)(1)(11), (1)(1)(12), (1)(1)(1)(1). This list excludes (12)(11), because one cannot partition (1122) into two blocks where one block has two distinct elements and the other has two equal elements.

A multiset is normal if it spans an initial interval of positive integers, and strongly normal if in addition it has weakly decreasing multiplicities. The type of a multiset of integers is the unique normal multiset that has the same sequence of multiplicities when its entries are taken in increasing order. For example the type of 335556 is 112223.

A pair h<={g_1,...,g_k} is a combinatory separation iff there exists a multiset partition of h whose multiset of block-types is {g_1,...,g_k}. For example, the (headless) combinatory separations of the multiset 1122 are {1122}, {1,112}, {1,122}, {11,11}, {12,12}, {1,1,11}, {1,1,12}, {1,1,1,1}. This list excludes {12,11} because one cannot partition 1122 into two blocks where one block has two distinct elements and the other block has two equal elements.

A composition of n is a finite sequence of positive integers summing to n. The k-th composition in standard order (row k of A066099) is obtained by taking the set of positions of 1's in the reversed binary expansion of k, prepending 0, taking first differences, and reversing again. This gives a bijective correspondence between nonnegative integers and integer compositions.