Surprising Connections between Partitions and Divisors

Partition function is the number of unrestricted partitions of the positive integer n while divisor function is defined as the sum of the positive divisors of n. Here, Osler et al distinguish a connections between partitions and divisors. They state that the value of integer n in a partition functio...

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Veröffentlicht in:The College mathematics journal 2007-09, Vol.38 (4), p.278-287
Hauptverfasser: Osler, Thomas J., Hassen, Abdulkadir, Chandrupatla, Tirupathi R.
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Zusammenfassung:Partition function is the number of unrestricted partitions of the positive integer n while divisor function is defined as the sum of the positive divisors of n. Here, Osler et al distinguish a connections between partitions and divisors. They state that the value of integer n in a partition function is in increasing order but there is no apparent regularity in the divisor function.
ISSN:0746-8342
1931-1346
DOI:10.1080/07468342.2007.11922249