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Euler's partition theorem and the combinatorics of -sequences

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The l-nomial coefficient<br />

Example<br />

( n (l)<br />

=<br />

k) a(l) n a (l)<br />

n−1 · · · a(l)<br />

n−k+1<br />

a (l)<br />

k<br />

a(l) k−1 · · · a(l) 1<br />

.<br />

( 9<br />

4<br />

) (3)<br />

=<br />

2584 ∗ 987 ∗ 377 ∗ 144<br />

21 ∗ 8 ∗ 3 ∗ 1<br />

= 174, 715, 376.<br />

Theorem [Lucas 1878]<br />

( n<br />

) (l)<br />

k is an integer.<br />

like Fibonomials, e.g. Ron Knott’s web page:<br />

http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/Fibonomials.html

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