{ "id": "2207.03661", "version": "v1", "published": "2022-07-08T02:52:31.000Z", "updated": "2022-07-08T02:52:31.000Z", "title": "Combinatorial meaning of the number of the even parts in a partition of $n$ into distinct parts", "authors": [ "Jiyou Li", "Sicheng Zhao" ], "comment": "5 pages", "categories": [ "math.CO" ], "abstract": "In a recent paper, Andrews and Merca investigated the number of even parts in all partitions of $n$ into distinct parts, which arise naturally from the Euler-Glaisher bijective proof. They obtained new combinatorial interpretations for this number by using generating functions. We obtain a new direct combinatorial proof in this note.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2022-07-08T02:52:31.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "05A17", "11P83" ], "keywords": [ "distinct parts", "combinatorial meaning", "direct combinatorial proof", "euler-glaisher bijective proof", "combinatorial interpretations" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 5, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }