Theorem

Glaisher's Theorem

Number Theory

Glaisher's theorem is a result in number theory useful to the study of integer partitions. Proved in 1883 by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, it states that the number of partitions of an integer into parts not divisible by some number d equals the number of partitions in which no part is repeated d or more times. The result generalizes an earlier 1748 finding of Leonhard Euler for the case where d equals 2, the statement that the number of partitions into distinct parts equals the number of partitions into odd parts.

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The number of partitions of n into parts not divisible by d equals the number of partitions in which no part is repeated d or more times. 2
Proof Year
1883 2
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Identity or Equation 1
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1. Wikipedia: Glaisher's theorem
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Proved in 1883 by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, it states that the number of partitions of an integer n into parts not divisible by d is equal to the number of partitions in which no part is repeated d or more times.
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2. Glaisher's theorem (Wikipedia)
  • Statement
    is equal to the number of partitions in which no part is repeated d or more times
  • Introduction, first sentence
    Proved in 1883 by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
  • Proved By: James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Lead sentence
    Proved in 1883 by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, it states that the number of partitions of an integer n {\displaystyle n} into parts not divisible by d {\displaystyle d} is equal to the number of partitions in which no part is repeated d {\displaystyle d} or more times.
  • In Branch: Number Theory, Lead sentence
    In number theory, Glaisher's theorem is an identity useful to the study of integer partitions.
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James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (Wikipedia)
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He is known for Glaisher's theorem, an important result in the field of integer partitions
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