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Partition numbers with restriction on the greatest part *and* on the number of positive parts
I’m looking at partition numbers. OEIS A008284 says that the number of partitions of $n$ in which the greatest part is $k$, $1 \le k \le n$, is equal to the number of partitions of $n$ into $k$ ...
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Partitions of n with certain conditions
Let $p$ be prime and $n$ be any integer. Suppose $t=(n^{a_n}, \dots, 2^{a_2}, 1^{a_1}) \vdash n$, (i.e. $t$ is a partition of $n$, where we group repeated integers, so, for example, $2^{a_2}$ means ...
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How many combinations of $3$ natural numbers are there that add up to $30$?
How many combinations of $3$ natural numbers are there that add up to $30$?
The answer is $75$ but I need the approach.
Although I know that we can use $_{(n-1)}C_{(r-1)}$ i.e. $_{29}C_2 = 406$ but ...
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