Example Program
Here is a simple Python program which computes p(n), the number of partitions, using the recurrence resulting from the pentagonal number theorem.
pentagonal = lambda n : n*(3*n-1)/2 def generalised_pentagonal(n): # 0, 1, -1, 2, -2 if n < 0: return 0 if n%2 == 0: return pentagonal(n/2+1) else: return pentagonal(-(n/2+1)) pt = for n in range (1, 1000+1): r = 0 f = -1 i = 0 while 1: k = generalised_pentagonal(i) if k > n: break if i%2==0: f = -f r += f*pt i += 1 pt.append(r) print ptRead more about this topic: Pentagonal Number Theorem
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