Derivatives are essentially integer partitions

Discrete Mathematics

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 235-245

  Yang, Winston C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Derivative; Fa di Bruno; Integer partition; Set partition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005549291     PISSN: 0012365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-365X(99)00412-4     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. G.E. Andrews, The Theory of Partitions, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, MA, 1976, pp. 190, 204-206, 210, 216.
2. W.P. Johnson, The curious history of Faa di Bruno's formula, preprint.
3. N.J.A. Sloane, Online encyclopedia of integer sequences, Seq A22811-15, A24207-10, A22816-8. www.research.att.com~njas