and

Let A be a set of positive integers. Let us denote by p(A, n) the number of partitions of n with parts in A. While the study of the parity of the classical partition function p(N, n) (where N is the set of positive integers) is a deep and di cult problem, it is easy to construct a set A for which p(A, n) is even for n large enough : as explained in a paper of I.Z. Ruzsa, A. Sárközy and J.-L. Nicolas published in 1998 in the Journal of Number Theory , if B is a subset of {1, 2, . . . , N}, there is a unique set A = A0(B, N) such that A ∩ {1, 2, . . . , N} = B and p(A, n) is even for n > N . In this paper we recall some properties of the sets A0(B, N), we describe the factorization into primes of the elements of the set A0({1, 2, 3}, 3), and prove that the number of elements of this set up to x is asymptotically equivalent to c x (log x)3/4 , where c = 0.937 . . .. Résumé. Si A est un ensemble d'entiers positifs, nous noterons p(A, n) le nombre de partitions de n dont les parts sont dans A. L'étude de la parité de la fonction usuelle de partition p(N, n) (où N est l'ensemble des entiers 1Research partially supported by French-Tunisian exchange program, C.M.C.U. n 99/F 1507 and by CNRS, Institut Girard Desargues, UMR 5028. positifs) est un problème profond et di cile ; mais il est facile de construire un ensemble A tel que le nombre p(A, n) soit pair pour tout n assez grand : dans un article paru au Journal of Number Theory en 1998, I.Z. Ruzsa, A. Sárközy et J.-L. Nicolas montrent que si B est un sous-ensemble de {1, 2, . . . , N}, il existe un seul ensemble A = A0(B, N) tel que A ∩ {1, 2, . . . , N} = B et p(A, n) est pair pour n > N . Dans cet article, nous rappelons quelques propriétés des ensembles A = A0(B, N), nous décrivons la décomposition en facteurs premiers des éléments de A0({1, 2, 3}, 3) et nous montrons que le nombre des éléments de cet ensemble inférieurs à x est équivalent à c x (log x)3/4 , où c = 0.937 . . ..

[1]  Erwin H. Bareiss,et al.  Resultant Procedure and the Mechanization of the Graeffe Process , 1960, JACM.

[2]  M. A. Wolfe A first course in numerical analysis , 1972 .

[3]  D. Spence Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and schizophrenia. , 1978 .

[4]  M. Jeannerod,et al.  The timing of mentally represented actions , 1989, Behavioural Brain Research.

[5]  K. Ono Parity of the partition function in arithmetic progressions. , 1996 .

[6]  András Sárközy,et al.  On the Parity of Additive Representation Functions , 1998 .

[7]  T. D. Haen,et al.  COLONIZER AND COLONIZED , 2000 .

[8]  Distribution of the partition function modulo $m$ , 2000, math/0008140.

[9]  Miriam Attwood Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's critique of postcolonial reason , 2002 .

[10]  Jean-Louis Nicolas On the parity of generalized partition functions II , 2002, Period. Math. Hung..

[11]  Marc Deloof,et al.  Does Working Capital Management Affect Profitability of Belgian Firms , 2003 .

[12]  Aaron Pollack,et al.  The New Imperialism , 2008 .

[13]  Ioannis Lazaridis,et al.  Relationship between Working Capital Management and Profitability of Listed Companies in the Athens Stock Exchange , 2006 .

[14]  P. Metnitz From risk assessment to risk management. , 2010, Current opinion in critical care.

[15]  A. Raheman,et al.  Sector-wise Performance of Working Capital Management Measures and Profitability Using Ratio Analysis , 2011 .

[16]  S. Agyei,et al.  Working Capital Management and Profitability of Banks in Ghana , 2011 .

[17]  H. B. Santoso,et al.  The Relationship Between Working Capital Management And Firms Profitability: An Empirical Investigation For An Emerging Asian Country , 2012 .

[18]  B. Bagchi,et al.  Relationship between Working Capital Management and Profitability: A Study of Selected FMCG Companies in India , 2012 .

[19]  I. Z. Ramadan,et al.  Profitability and Working Capital Management: The Jordanian Case , 2012 .

[20]  J. Niresh Working Capital Management & Financial Performance of Manufacturing Sector in Sri Lanka , 2012 .

[21]  S. Uremadu,et al.  Working Capital Management, Liquidity and Corporate Profitability Among Quoted Firms in Nigeria Evidence from the Productive Sector , 2012 .

[22]  K. Napompech Effects of Working Capital Management on theProfitability of Thai Listed Firms , 2012 .

[23]  M. Karwowski,et al.  Developing 4- to 6-year-old children's figural creativity using a doodle-book program , 2013 .

[24]  Gender, play, language, and creativity in preschoolers , 2013 .

[25]  Working Capital Management and Profitability: A Case of Industrial Jordanian Companies , 2013 .

[26]  M. Forghani,et al.  Impact of Working Capital Management on Firms Performance , 2013 .

[27]  L. Alakukku,et al.  Soil Compaction , 2013 .

[28]  S. Lanka. Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability: Evidence From Listed Companies in Sri Lanka , 2014 .

[29]  P. Brijlal,et al.  The effect of working capital management on profitability: The case of Small Medium and Micro Enterprises in South Africa , 2014 .

[30]  Victoria Whitington,et al.  Pedagogies that engage five to eight year old children's imagination and creativity at school , 2014 .

[31]  THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND PROFITABILITY OF NON-FINANCIAL COMPANIES LISTED ON THE ZIMBABWE STOCK EXCHANGE , 2014 .

[32]  Rokiah Binti Ishak,et al.  Impact of working capital management, ownership structure and board size on the profitability of small and medium-sized entities in Nigeria , 2015 .