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Statistic identifier: St000992

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Collection: Integer partitions

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Description: The alternating sum of the parts of an integer partition.

For a partition $\lambda = (\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_k)$, this is $\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 + \cdots \pm \lambda_k$.

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References: 

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Code:
def statistic(L):
    return sum( (-1)^k*L[k] for k in range(len(L)) )


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Statistic values:

[]                        => 0
[1]                       => 1
[2]                       => 2
[1,1]                     => 0
[3]                       => 3
[2,1]                     => 1
[1,1,1]                   => 1
[4]                       => 4
[3,1]                     => 2
[2,2]                     => 0
[2,1,1]                   => 2
[1,1,1,1]                 => 0
[5]                       => 5
[4,1]                     => 3
[3,2]                     => 1
[3,1,1]                   => 3
[2,2,1]                   => 1
[2,1,1,1]                 => 1
[1,1,1,1,1]               => 1
[6]                       => 6
[5,1]                     => 4
[4,2]                     => 2
[4,1,1]                   => 4
[3,3]                     => 0
[3,2,1]                   => 2
[3,1,1,1]                 => 2
[2,2,2]                   => 2
[2,2,1,1]                 => 0
[2,1,1,1,1]               => 2
[1,1,1,1,1,1]             => 0
[7]                       => 7
[6,1]                     => 5
[5,2]                     => 3
[5,1,1]                   => 5
[4,3]                     => 1
[4,2,1]                   => 3
[4,1,1,1]                 => 3
[3,3,1]                   => 1
[3,2,2]                   => 3
[3,2,1,1]                 => 1
[3,1,1,1,1]               => 3
[2,2,2,1]                 => 1
[2,2,1,1,1]               => 1
[2,1,1,1,1,1]             => 1
[1,1,1,1,1,1,1]           => 1
[8]                       => 8
[7,1]                     => 6
[6,2]                     => 4
[6,1,1]                   => 6
[5,3]                     => 2
[5,2,1]                   => 4
[5,1,1,1]                 => 4
[4,4]                     => 0
[4,3,1]                   => 2
[4,2,2]                   => 4
[4,2,1,1]                 => 2
[4,1,1,1,1]               => 4
[3,3,2]                   => 2
[3,3,1,1]                 => 0
[3,2,2,1]                 => 2
[3,2,1,1,1]               => 2
[3,1,1,1,1,1]             => 2
[2,2,2,2]                 => 0
[2,2,2,1,1]               => 2
[2,2,1,1,1,1]             => 0
[2,1,1,1,1,1,1]           => 2
[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]         => 0
[9]                       => 9
[8,1]                     => 7
[7,2]                     => 5
[7,1,1]                   => 7
[6,3]                     => 3
[6,2,1]                   => 5
[6,1,1,1]                 => 5
[5,4]                     => 1
[5,3,1]                   => 3
[5,2,2]                   => 5
[5,2,1,1]                 => 3
[5,1,1,1,1]               => 5
[4,4,1]                   => 1
[4,3,2]                   => 3
[4,3,1,1]                 => 1
[4,2,2,1]                 => 3
[4,2,1,1,1]               => 3
[4,1,1,1,1,1]             => 3
[3,3,3]                   => 3
[3,3,2,1]                 => 1
[3,3,1,1,1]               => 1
[3,2,2,2]                 => 1
[3,2,2,1,1]               => 3
[3,2,1,1,1,1]             => 1
[3,1,1,1,1,1,1]           => 3
[2,2,2,2,1]               => 1
[2,2,2,1,1,1]             => 1
[2,2,1,1,1,1,1]           => 1
[2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]         => 1
[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]       => 1
[10]                      => 10
[9,1]                     => 8
[8,2]                     => 6
[8,1,1]                   => 8
[7,3]                     => 4
[7,2,1]                   => 6
[7,1,1,1]                 => 6
[6,4]                     => 2
[6,3,1]                   => 4
[6,2,2]                   => 6
[6,2,1,1]                 => 4
[6,1,1,1,1]               => 6
[5,5]                     => 0
[5,4,1]                   => 2
[5,3,2]                   => 4
[5,3,1,1]                 => 2
[5,2,2,1]                 => 4
[5,2,1,1,1]               => 4
[5,1,1,1,1,1]             => 4
[4,4,2]                   => 2
[4,4,1,1]                 => 0
[4,3,3]                   => 4
[4,3,2,1]                 => 2
[4,3,1,1,1]               => 2
[4,2,2,2]                 => 2
[4,2,2,1,1]               => 4
[4,2,1,1,1,1]             => 2
[4,1,1,1,1,1,1]           => 4
[3,3,3,1]                 => 2
[3,3,2,2]                 => 0
[3,3,2,1,1]               => 2
[3,3,1,1,1,1]             => 0
[3,2,2,2,1]               => 2
[3,2,2,1,1,1]             => 2
[3,2,1,1,1,1,1]           => 2
[3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]         => 2
[2,2,2,2,2]               => 2
[2,2,2,2,1,1]             => 0
[2,2,2,1,1,1,1]           => 2
[2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1]         => 0
[2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]       => 2
[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]     => 0
[11]                      => 11
[10,1]                    => 9
[9,2]                     => 7
[9,1,1]                   => 9
[8,3]                     => 5
[8,2,1]                   => 7
[8,1,1,1]                 => 7
[7,4]                     => 3
[7,3,1]                   => 5
[7,2,2]                   => 7
[7,2,1,1]                 => 5
[7,1,1,1,1]               => 7
[6,5]                     => 1
[6,4,1]                   => 3
[6,3,2]                   => 5
[6,3,1,1]                 => 3
[6,2,2,1]                 => 5
[6,2,1,1,1]               => 5
[6,1,1,1,1,1]             => 5
[5,5,1]                   => 1
[5,4,2]                   => 3
[5,4,1,1]                 => 1
[5,3,3]                   => 5
[5,3,2,1]                 => 3
[5,3,1,1,1]               => 3
[5,2,2,2]                 => 3
[5,2,2,1,1]               => 5
[5,2,1,1,1,1]             => 3
[5,1,1,1,1,1,1]           => 5
[4,4,3]                   => 3
[4,4,2,1]                 => 1
[4,4,1,1,1]               => 1
[4,3,3,1]                 => 3
[4,3,2,2]                 => 1
[4,3,2,1,1]               => 3
[4,3,1,1,1,1]             => 1
[4,2,2,2,1]               => 3
[4,2,2,1,1,1]             => 3
[4,2,1,1,1,1,1]           => 3
[4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]         => 3
[3,3,3,2]                 => 1
[3,3,3,1,1]               => 3
[3,3,2,2,1]               => 1
[3,3,2,1,1,1]             => 1
[3,3,1,1,1,1,1]           => 1
[3,2,2,2,2]               => 3
[3,2,2,2,1,1]             => 1
[3,2,2,1,1,1,1]           => 3
[3,2,1,1,1,1,1,1]         => 1
[3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]       => 3
[2,2,2,2,2,1]             => 1
[2,2,2,2,1,1,1]           => 1
[2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1]         => 1
[2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]       => 1
[2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]     => 1
[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]   => 1
[12]                      => 12
[11,1]                    => 10
[10,2]                    => 8
[10,1,1]                  => 10
[9,3]                     => 6
[9,2,1]                   => 8
[9,1,1,1]                 => 8
[8,4]                     => 4
[8,3,1]                   => 6
[8,2,2]                   => 8
[8,2,1,1]                 => 6
[8,1,1,1,1]               => 8
[7,5]                     => 2
[7,4,1]                   => 4
[7,3,2]                   => 6
[7,3,1,1]                 => 4
[7,2,2,1]                 => 6
[7,2,1,1,1]               => 6
[7,1,1,1,1,1]             => 6
[6,6]                     => 0
[6,5,1]                   => 2
[6,4,2]                   => 4
[6,4,1,1]                 => 2
[6,3,3]                   => 6
[6,3,2,1]                 => 4
[6,3,1,1,1]               => 4
[6,2,2,2]                 => 4
[6,2,2,1,1]               => 6
[6,2,1,1,1,1]             => 4
[6,1,1,1,1,1,1]           => 6
[5,5,2]                   => 2
[5,5,1,1]                 => 0
[5,4,3]                   => 4
[5,4,2,1]                 => 2
[5,4,1,1,1]               => 2
[5,3,3,1]                 => 4
[5,3,2,2]                 => 2
[5,3,2,1,1]               => 4
[5,3,1,1,1,1]             => 2
[5,2,2,2,1]               => 4
[5,2,2,1,1,1]             => 4
[5,2,1,1,1,1,1]           => 4
[5,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]         => 4
[4,4,4]                   => 4
[4,4,3,1]                 => 2
[4,4,2,2]                 => 0
[4,4,2,1,1]               => 2
[4,4,1,1,1,1]             => 0
[4,3,3,2]                 => 2
[4,3,3,1,1]               => 4
[4,3,2,2,1]               => 2
[4,3,2,1,1,1]             => 2
[4,3,1,1,1,1,1]           => 2
[4,2,2,2,2]               => 4
[4,2,2,2,1,1]             => 2
[4,2,2,1,1,1,1]           => 4
[4,2,1,1,1,1,1,1]         => 2
[4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]       => 4
[3,3,3,3]                 => 0
[3,3,3,2,1]               => 2
[3,3,3,1,1,1]             => 2
[3,3,2,2,2]               => 2
[3,3,2,2,1,1]             => 0
[3,3,2,1,1,1,1]           => 2
[3,3,1,1,1,1,1,1]         => 0
[3,2,2,2,2,1]             => 2
[3,2,2,2,1,1,1]           => 2
[3,2,2,1,1,1,1,1]         => 2
[3,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]       => 2
[3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]     => 2
[2,2,2,2,2,2]             => 0
[2,2,2,2,2,1,1]           => 2
[2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1]         => 0
[2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1]       => 2
[2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]     => 0
[2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]   => 2
[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1] => 0
[5,4,3,1]                 => 3
[5,4,2,2]                 => 1
[5,4,2,1,1]               => 3
[5,3,3,2]                 => 3
[5,3,3,1,1]               => 5
[5,3,2,2,1]               => 3
[4,4,3,2]                 => 1
[4,4,3,1,1]               => 3
[4,4,2,2,1]               => 1
[4,3,3,2,1]               => 3
[5,4,3,2]                 => 2
[5,4,3,1,1]               => 4
[5,4,2,2,1]               => 2
[5,3,3,2,1]               => 4
[4,4,3,2,1]               => 2
[5,4,3,2,1]               => 3
[7,5,3,1]                 => 4
[7,5,4,3,1]               => 4
[6,5,4,3,2,1]             => 3
[11,7,5,1]                => 8
[9,7,5,3,1]               => 5
[7,6,5,4,3,2,1]           => 4
[9,7,5,5,3,1]             => 4
[11,9,7,5,3,1]            => 6
[11,8,7,5,4,1]            => 8
[8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1]         => 4
[11,9,7,6,5,3,1]          => 6
[13,11,9,7,5,3,1]         => 7
[13,11,9,7,7,5,3,1]       => 8
[17,13,11,9,7,5,1]        => 9
[15,13,11,9,7,5,3,1]      => 8
[29,23,19,17,13,11,7,1]   => 16

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Created: Oct 17, 2017 at 11:36 by Christian Stump

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Last Updated: Sep 07, 2020 at 19:49 by Martin Rubey