Definition:Integer Partition/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Integer Partition
Integer partitions were originally studied by Leonhard Paul Euler.
Srinivasa Ramanujan also studied them in some depth, and succeeded in proving a considerable number of their properties.
Sources
- 1997: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.2.1$: Mathematical Induction