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Re: Finding all n-partitions of a set

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  • Subject: [mg98747] Re: [mg98707] Finding all n-partitions of a set
  • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:31:02 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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  • Reply-to: murray at math.umass.edu

Your question seems unclear. After all, mathematically, the SET 
{a,a,b,b} actually is identical to the set {a,b}.

What you seem to have is some "base" set, in this case, {a,b}, along 
with a specified "frequency" for each member of the set, in this case a 
frequency of 2 for each of the two elements.

Moreover, if there is "no order" implicit here, then why would you not 
also expect in the output some additional two-member non-empty lists, 
e.g., the following:

   { {b,b}, {a,a} }
   { {b,a}, {b,a} }



Joe.Mapasapam wrote:
> Please how can I find all n-partions of a set ?
> 
> 
> Say, i want partitions of the set (no order) {a,a,b,b} into 2,
> 
> so we have 
> {
> {{a,a,b,},{b}},
> {{a,b,b},{a}},
> {{a,a},{b,b}},
> {{a,b},{a,b}}
> }
> 
> is there already a built in function in mathematica ?
> 
> i need so n can be any number
> 

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