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Partitions into distinct large parts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Gregory A. Freiman
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Raymond and Beverly Sacler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Jane Pitman
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Adelaide, S.A. 5005, Australia
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Abstract

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An asymptotic estimate is obtained for the number of partitions of the positive integer n into distinct parts, each of which is at least m. The estimate holds uniformly with respect to positive m such that m = o(n(log n)−9), as n → ∞.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1994

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