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Recall that a partition of a positive integer n means a way of writing n as the sum of some positive integers, where the order of the parts does not matter.  For example, there are five partitions of 4:

4

3 + 1

2 + 2

2 + 1 + 1

1 + 1 + 1 + 1

 

How many partitions of 17 are there that have at least three parts, such that the largest, second-largest, third-largest, and fourth-largest parts are respectively greater than or equal to 4, 3, 2, and 1?

 

The partition 17 = 7 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 is one such partition.)

 
 Apr 20, 2025

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