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On Fine’s Partition Theorems, Dyson, Andrews, And Missed Opportunities

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Pak, I. On Fine’s Partition Theorems, Dyson, Andrews, And Missed Opportunities. The Mathematical Intelligencer 25, 10–16 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985633

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