Questions tagged [integer-partitions]
Partitions of an integer n are different ways of writing n as sum of smaller integers.
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Integer decomposition algorithm
Suppose I have a 32-bit integer $x$, I want to find $\{ x_i \}_{i \in 1\dots\ell}$ such that
$x = e + \sum_{i=1}^\ell x_i \cdot 2^{32 - B\cdot i}$
where the error $e$ is as small as possible. The ...
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Optimization problem with discrete and continuous components
Suppose we have a sequence of $m$ tokens $(T_1, T_2, \ldots, T_m)$. We can split this sequence considering two parameters $w$ (which is the width of the window) and $x$ which is the overlap between ...
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Subset Sum With Interval Target
Define the subset sum with interval target problem (SSITP) as follows:
SSITP Input:
A multiset $S = \{a_1, …, a_p\}$ of positive integers $a_i$ such that $\sum_{a_i \in S} a_i = T$.
SSITP Output:
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Does this Qualify as Sub-Exponential?
I don't have a strong CS background so apologies if the question is trivially simple:
So I am working on an algorithm, say $A(n)$ , which runs over all integer partitions of $n$. Now the algorithm ...
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prove that Integer partition problem is NP complete using Hamiltonian Cycle
Show that Integer parition problem is NP-complete using the fact that Hamiltonian cycle is NP-Complete
My Thoughts :
Integer paritition problem is about partitioning a given set of integers into two ...
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Efficient triangular decomposition of an integer
Euclidean division is an iterative process
that has been made super-efficient at the CPU level, right?
Its specification is that if I do (q, r) = f(n, d), I get ...
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Optimal partitioning of n-arrays
You're given N integer arrays. Each array can have different size and contains unique values. However same integers can be found in different arrays.
The goal is to partition those arrays into K ...
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Number of ways n can be written as sum of at least two positive integers
I found a solution in Python for this problem, but do not understand it. The problem is how many ways an integer n can be written as the sum of at least two positive integers. For example, take n = 5. ...
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A problem on constrained combinatorics
Not sure if this is a proper place, but I really don't know where else to ask. I'm craving for an algorithm generating certain sequences of numbers (the problem comes from physics).
I'm looking for ...
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A physical algorithm that finds all integer partitions of a number
If this is not the right forum for this question let me know.
I am looking for a physical algorithm that can be easily followed by anyone not knowing much ...
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sub-optimal but fast partition generation
I have a set of N integers that I want to partition into m subsets. I want these subsets to be well-balanced wrt some criterion say that minimize the max difference between the size of all subsets. ...
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Given a valid combination, how to get its index in the sequence of integer partition
This question is extended from this Algorithm to generate integer sets fulfills restrictions, in the answer I learned the formal term of this problem, and the recursive algorithm described in that ...
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Divide N sticks among M boys as homogeneously as possible (ignoring order)
There are $N$ sticks. $N$ is an integer greater than zero. I want to divide it among $M$ boys. $M$ is also a positive integer. Partitioning $N$ among $M$ is easy, but doing it as evenly as possible is ...
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Generating a distinct k-partition of n
Let us consider a specific case of an extended Kakuro puzzle. Given an integer $n$, we must form $n$ as the sum of $k$ distinct positive integers each less than or equal to $r$. From a mathematical ...
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Practical Implementation for Refinement Order on Integer Partitions
The refinement order on partitions of an integer $n$ can be defined as follows: $\lambda=(\lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_k)\leq\mu=(\mu_1,\dots,\mu_\ell)$ if there is a partition of the parts of $\lambda$ ...
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Finding a specific "balls-into-bins" partition given its index in the lexicographical ordering
Given numbers $n,k\in \mathbb{N}$, we consider $\mathcal P$ to be the set of all possible partitions of $n$ balls into $k$ bins.
Alternatively, $\mathcal P$ is the set of all $k$-ary vectors in $\{0,...
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Applications in Computer Sciences of Partition Functions
A partition function computes the number of ways an integer $n$ can be represented as the sum of $m$ other integers. For some value $n$, we have a partition function $p(n)$.
These were studied ...
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Divide an integer into the sum of consecutive positive numbers
Today I am trying to solve an classical problem:
For any $n\in \Bbb{N}^+$, If it can be represent as the sum of consecutive positive numbers, find out them.
For example:
$$15 = 1+2+3+4+5$$
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