Notation

(i) bxc is the greatest integer i such that i ≤ x

(ii) hxi is equal to 1 if x is an integer, hxi is equal to 0 if x is not an integer
(iii) [x]
is just ordinary parenthesis, do not confuse it with bxc
n n!
(iv) m = m!(n−m)! is the usual binomial coefficient

Some Partition Formulas

n
p2(n) = 2

1 n−1
n
− 1 + 2 n3




p3(n) = 6 2 +3 2

1 n−1

n
 n−1  n


n  n−1 
n 
p4(n) = 24 3 +6 2 −1 2 +3 2 −1 2 +8 3 +6 4