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I don't understand the sentence "However, this formula is rather unwieldy: it is not even known for which values of n is the number of partitions of n even, despite the presence of a formula!"
 
I don't understand the sentence "However, this formula is rather unwieldy: it is not even known for which values of n is the number of partitions of n even, despite the presence of a formula!"
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That is to say that the formula is so hard to work with that it can't even be used to tell when there are an even number of partitions. --[[User:ComplexZeta|ComplexZeta]] 10:46, 22 June 2006 (EDT)
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A couple of sample problems and solutions (of increasing difficulty) would add a lot of clarity and value to this article.--[[User:MCrawford|MCrawford]] 12:44, 26 June 2006 (EDT)
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InscrutableRoot, your edit made no sense.  I reverted it.  --[[User:Joml88|Joe]] 17:26, 3 July 2006 (EDT)

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I don't understand the sentence "However, this formula is rather unwieldy: it is not even known for which values of n is the number of partitions of n even, despite the presence of a formula!"

That is to say that the formula is so hard to work with that it can't even be used to tell when there are an even number of partitions. --ComplexZeta 10:46, 22 June 2006 (EDT)

A couple of sample problems and solutions (of increasing difficulty) would add a lot of clarity and value to this article.--MCrawford 12:44, 26 June 2006 (EDT)

InscrutableRoot, your edit made no sense. I reverted it. --Joe 17:26, 3 July 2006 (EDT)