A random partition of a number is one of the
possible partitions of
, where
is the partition function
P. A random partition can be given by RandomPartition[n]
in the Wolfram Language package Combinatorica`
.
Random Partition
See also
PartitionExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Nijenhuis, A. and Wilf, H. Combinatorial Algorithms for Computers and Calculators, 2nd ed. New York: Academic Press, 1978.Skiena, S. "Random Partitions." §2.1.5 in Implementing Discrete Mathematics: Combinatorics and Graph Theory with Mathematica. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, pp. 58-59, 1990.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Random PartitionCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Random Partition." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/RandomPartition.html