A343941 Number of strict integer partitions of 2n with reverse-alternating sum 4.

0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 29, 31, 35, 38, 42, 45, 50, 53, 58, 62, 67, 71, 77, 81, 87, 92, 98, 103, 110, 115, 122, 128, 135, 141, 149, 155, 163, 170, 178, 185, 194, 201, 210, 218, 227, 235, 245, 253, 263, 272, 282, 291, 302

Offset: 0

Author

Gus Wiseman, Jun 09 2021

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

The reverse-alternating sum of a partition (y_1,...,y_k) is Sum_i (-1)^(k-i) y_i. This is equal to (-1)^(m-1) times the number of odd parts in the conjugate partition, where m is the number of parts, so a(n) is the number of strict odd-length integer partitions of 2n whose conjugate has exactly 4 odd parts (first example). By conjugation, this is also the number partitions of 2n covering an initial interval and containing exactly four odd parts, one of which is the greatest (second example).

Examples

			The a(2) = 1 through a(12) = 10 strict partitions (empty column indicated by dot, A..D = 10..13):
  4   .  521   532   543   653   763     873     983     A93     BA3
               631   642   752   862     972     A82     B92     CA2
                     741   851   961     A71     B81     C91     DA1
                                 64321   65421   65432   76432   76542
                                         75321   75431   76531   86541
                                                 76421   86431   87432
                                                 86321   87421   87531
                                                         97321   97431
                                                                 98421
                                                                 A8321
The a(2) = 1 through a(8) = 5 partitions covering an initial interval:
  1111  .  32111   33211    33321     333221     543211      543321
                   322111   332211    3322211    3332221     5432211
                            3222111   32222111   33222211    33322221
                                                 322222111   332222211
                                                             3222222111
		

Crossrefs

The non-reverse non-strict version is A000710.

The non-reverse version is A026810.

The non-strict version is column k = 2 of A344610.

This is column k = 2 of A344649.

A000041 counts partitions of 2n with alternating sum 0, ranked by A000290.

A103919 counts partitions by sum and alternating sum (reverse: A344612).

A120452 counts partitions of 2n with rev-alt sum 2 (negative: A344741).

A124754 gives alternating sums of standard compositions (reverse: A344618).

A316524 is the alternating sum of the prime indices of n (reverse: A344616).

A344611 counts partitions of 2n with reverse-alternating sum >= 0.

Cf. A000070, A000097, A003242, A006330, A027187, A119899, A152146, A239830, A325535, A344604, A344607, A344608, A344650, A344739.

Programs

Mathematica

sats[y_]:=Sum[(-1)^(i-Length[y])*y[[i]],{i,Length[y]}];
Table[Length[Select[IntegerPartitions[n],UnsameQ@@#&&sats[#]==4&]],{n,0,30,2}]

Extensions

More terms from Bert Dobbelaere, Jun 12 2021