A partition of a whole number
is a set of whole numbers that add up to
. Typically the numbers are written as a sum of numbers in descending order. The Ferrers diagram of a partition of
shows
dots in all, with
dots in the first row,
dots in the second row, and so on. This Demonstration shows the Ferrers diagrams of all the partitions for the numbers from 1 to 30.
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