Partition functions, which enumerate the distinct ways a positive integer may be expressed as a sum of positive integers, have long captivated mathematicians due to their deep connections with ...

Partition function zeros are ‘shortcut’ to thermodynamic calculations on quantum computers Date: August 20, 2021 Source: North Carolina State University Summary: A study has developed a new ...

In 1944, Freeman Dyson defined the concept of rank of an integer partition and introduced without definition the term of crank of an integer partition. A definition for the crank satisfying the ...

The year 2018 marks 100 years since the publication of one of the most startling results in the history of mathematics: Hardy and Ramanujan’s asymptotic formula for the partition function. To ...

Partition function paper wins award 16 July 2010 Professor Mark Jerrum has won an award for a paper co-authored with Professor Leslie Ann Goldberg of the University of Liverpool.

16 July 2010 Professor Mark Jerrum has won an award for a paper co-authored with Professor Leslie Ann Goldberg of the University of Liverpool. At the recent "International Colloquium on Automata, ...