The Grundy value for the game 'Couples are forever' on an integer partition. Two players alternately choose a part of the partition greater than two, and split it into two parts. The player facing a partition with all parts at most two looses.

The spin of an integer partition. The Ferrers shape of an integer partition $\lambda$ can be decomposed into border strips. The spin is then defined to be the total number of crossings of border strips of $\lambda$ with the vertical lines in the Ferrers shape. The following example is taken from Appendix B in [1]: Let $\lambda = (5,5,4,4,2,1)$. Removing the border strips successively yields the sequence of partitions $$(5,5,4,4,2,1), (4,3,3,1), (2,2), (1), ().$$ The first strip $(5,5,4,4,2,1) \setminus (4,3,3,1)$ crosses $4$ times, the second strip $(4,3,3,1) \setminus (2,2)$ crosses $3$ times, the strip $(2,2) \setminus (1)$ crosses $1$ time, and the remaining strip $(1) \setminus ()$ does not cross. This yields the spin of $(5,5,4,4,2,1)$ to be $4+3+1 = 8$.

The dinv adjustment of an integer partition. The Ferrers shape of an integer partition $\lambda = (\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_k)$ can be decomposed into border strips. For $0 \leq j < \lambda_1$ let $n_j$ be the length of the border strip starting at $(\lambda_1-j,0)$. The dinv adjustment is then defined by $$\sum_{j:n_j > 0}(\lambda_1-1-j).$$ The following example is taken from Appendix B in [2]: Let $\lambda=(5,5,4,4,2,1)$. Removing the border strips successively yields the sequence of partitions $$(5,5,4,4,2,1),(4,3,3,1),(2,2),(1),(),$$ and we obtain $(n_0,\ldots,n_4) = (10,7,0,3,1)$. The dinv adjustment is thus $4+3+1+0 = 8$.

The number of conjugacy classes of subgroups with connected subgroups of sizes prescribed by an integer partition. Equivalently, given an integer partition $\lambda$, this is the number of molecular combinatorial species that decompose into a product of atomic species of sizes $\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\dots$. In particular, the value on the partition $(n)$ is the number of atomic species of degree $n$, [2].

The degree of the cyclic sieving polynomial corresponding to an integer partition. Let $\lambda$ be an integer partition of $n$ and let $N$ be the least common multiple of the parts of $\lambda$. Fix an arbitrary permutation $\pi$ of cycle type $\lambda$. Then $\pi$ induces a cyclic action of order $N$ on $\{1,\dots,n\}$. The corresponding character can be identified with the cyclic sieving polynomial $C_\lambda(q)$ of this action, modulo $q^N-1$. Explicitly, it is $$ \sum_{p\in\lambda} [p]_{q^{N/p}}, $$ where $[p]_q = 1+\dots+q^{p-1}$ is the $q$-integer. This statistic records the degree of $C_\lambda(q)$. Equivalently, it equals $$ \left(1 - \frac{1}{\lambda_1}\right) N, $$ where $\lambda_1$ is the largest part of $\lambda$. The statistic is undefined for the empty partition.

The number of monotone factorisations of genus zero of a permutation of given cycle type. A monotone factorisation of genus zero of a permutation $\pi\in\mathfrak S_n$ with $\ell$ cycles, including fixed points, is a tuple of $r = n - \ell$ transpositions $$ (a_1, b_1),\dots,(a_r, b_r) $$ with $b_1 \leq \dots \leq b_r$ and $a_i < b_i$ for all $i$, whose product, in this order, is $\pi$. For example, the cycle $(2,3,1)$ has the two factorizations $(2,3)(1,3)$ and $(1,2)(2,3)$.

The largest part of an integer partition.

The least common multiple of the parts of the partition.

The maximal number of occurrences of a colour in a proper colouring of a graph. To any proper colouring with the minimal number of colours possible we associate the integer partition recording how often each colour is used. This statistic records the largest part occurring in any of these partitions. For example, the graph on six vertices consisting of a square together with two attached triangles - ([(0,4),(0,5),(1,3),(1,5),(2,3),(2,4),(3,5),(4,5)],6) in the list of values - is three-colourable and admits two colouring schemes, $[2,2,2]$ and $[3,2,1]$. Therefore, the statistic on this graph is $3$.

The number of strongly connected outdegree sequences of a graph. This is the evaluation of the Tutte polynomial at $x=0$ and $y=1$. According to [1,2], the set of strongly connected outdegree sequences is in bijection with strongly connected minimal orientations and also with external spanning trees.