Partition - Mathematics

Mathematics

  • Partition (number theory), a way to write a number as a sum of other numbers
  • Multiplicative partition, a way to write a number as a product of other numbers
  • Partition of an interval
  • Partition of a set
  • Partition of unity, a certain kind of set of functions on a topological space
  • Partition problem, an NP-complete problem in computer science

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