Integer partitions

Includes index.

Includes Bibliography (p. 129-131) and references.

1. Introduction
2. Euler and beyond;
3. Ferrers graphs;
4. The Rogers-Ramanujan identities;
5. Generating functions;
6. Formulas for partition functions;
7. Gaussian polynomials;
8. Durfee squares;
9. Euler refined;
10. Plane partitions;
11. Growing Ferrers boards;
12. Musings;

The aim of this introductory textbook is to provide an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to partitions, without requiring anything more of the reader than some familiarity with polynomials and infinite series. Many exercises are included, together with some solutions and helpful hints.