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Computing integer partitions subject to certain constraints

Context: I am programming a videogame. Background: Let $I$ be a set of named items such that each is assigned a difficulty score, and each is tagged either as "food" or "obstacle". ...
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Integer partition weighted minimum of maximum

Given a non-negative integer $n$ and a positive real weight vector $w$ with dimension $m$, partition $n$ into a length-$m$ non-negative integer vector that sums to $n$ (call it $v$) such that $\max ...
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Given $n\in\mathbb{N}_{\geqslant 2}$, find the partition $(a_1,...,a_k)\in\mathbb{N}^k:\sum_{i=1}^k a_i=n$ of $n$ that maximizes $\prod_{i=1}^k a_i$

I am a solving programming question in Leetcode in which, given a number $n \in \mathbb{N}_{\geqslant 2}$, I have to find $(a_1, ..., a_k) \in \mathbb{N}^k$ such that $k \in \mathbb{N}$, $2 \leqslant ...
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An algorithm to generate all unique combinations of addends for a sum, from a range of small addends which are greater than 1?

I'm looking for an algorithm to generate all unique combinations of addends for a given sum, within a certain given range of addends. The size of the sum could range from two digits to five digits, ...
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Proving injectivity for a function between sets of different types of partitions

I am attempting to solve the following problem: Let $A$ be the set of partitions of $n$ with elements $(a_1, \dots, a_s)$ such that $a_i > a_{i+1}+a_{i+2}$ for all $i < s,$ taking $a_{s+1} = ...
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Algorithm to find the distinct representations of the integer $n$ as a sum of $k$ non-negative p^(th) integer powers.

I am a user of Wolfram Mathematica and in that software there is a function called: PowersRepresentations. This function returns lists of integers $0\le n_1\le n_2\le\dots\le n_k$ such that $n_1^p+n_2^...
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A sum of partitions

A friend of mine presented a problem I found interesting: Compute the following: $$\sum_{n=0}^\infty\left(\prod_{k=1}^j(1+x^k)\right)[x^{mn}]$$ where $P(x)[x^n]$ denotes the $x^n$ coefficient of $P$...
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list partitions (python) - why is the index out of range? [closed]

General problem: Using the elements of some list of length $m* n$, create a list with $m$ sub-lists, each of length $n$. In my case, $m= 10 > n=3$. The final output should be a list ("lis1&...
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Why does this definition of the 3-PARTITION problem imply that every set contains exactly 3 elements?

I have the following definition of the 3-PARTITION problem taken from this paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0166218X93900853 Given $3m$ positive integers $a_1, a_2,...,a_{3m}$ ...
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Represent $N$ as the sum of exactly $K$ distinct positive integers

You are given two integers $N$ and $K$. Find all ways to represent $N$ as the sum of exactly $K$ distinct positive integers $x_1,x_2, \ldots,x_K$ — in other words. $xi_>0$ for each valid $i$; ...
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Sharing a pie evenly among an unknown number of people. [duplicate]

This is a question inspired by the question "Nine gangsters and a gold bar" on the Puzzling Stack Exchange. Suppose you're throwing a party, and you know that either 7, 8, or 9 people will arrive. ...
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Non-greedy method of partitioning numbers

I want to find an example of where a non-greedy method of partitioning numbers is better than the greedy method. The greedy method would be to partition them so that you group as many numbers as ...
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A physical algorithm that finds all integer partitions of a number

If this is not the right forum for this question let me know. I am looking for a physical algorithm that can be easily followed by anyone not knowing much ...
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How to turn number into sum of unique primes?

I have to find algorithm which find prime number less than $n$ which is sum of the largest amount of unique primes, for example for $n=81$, the answer is $79 = 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 23$. I have ...
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Number of integer partitions

Let's $N$ be a positive integer and $P$ - set of all possible partitions of the $N$, where $p = (a_1,a_2,...,a_n)$ with $a_1\le a_2 \le ... \le a_n$ and $a_1+a_2+...+a_n = N$. Let's $A$ be the number ...
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