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Number of partitions

Source: Iranian National Olympiad (3rd Round) 2008

August 31, 2008
combinatorics proposedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

Prove that the number permutations α \alpha of {1,2,,n} \{1,2,\dots,n\} s.t. there does not exist i<j<n i<j<n s.t. \alpha(i)<\alpha(j\plus{}1)<\alpha(j) is equal to the number of partitions of that set.