Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9512669 | Discrete Mathematics | 2005 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
A partition n=p1+p2+â¯+pk with 1⩽p1⩽p2⩽â¯â©½pk is called non-squashing if p1+â¯+pj⩽pj+1 for 1⩽j⩽k-1. Hirschhorn and Sellers showed that the number of non-squashing partitions of n is equal to the number of binary partitions of n. Here we exhibit an explicit bijection between the two families, and determine the number of non-squashing partitions with distinct parts, with a specified number of parts, or with a specified maximal part. We use the results to solve a certain box-stacking problem.
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Authors
N.J.A. Sloane, James A. Sellers,