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2010

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Towards An Automation Of The Circle Method, Andrew Sills Jan 2010

Towards An Automation Of The Circle Method, Andrew Sills

Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Publications

The derivation of the Hardy-Ramanujan-Rademacher formula for the number of partitions of n is reviewed. Next, the steps for finding analogous formulas for certain restricted classes of partitions or overpartitions is examined, bearing in mind how these calculations can be automated in a CAS. Finally, a number of new formulas of this type which were conjectured with the aid of Mathematica are presented along with results of a test for their numerical accuracy.