Let PK, L(N) be the number of unordered partitions of a positive integer N into K or fewer positive integer parts, each part not exceeding L.A distribution of the form
Ʃ/N≤xPK,L(N)
is considered first.For any fixed K, this distribution approaches a piecewise polynomial function as L increases to infinity.As both K and L approach infinity, this distribution is asymptotically normal.These results are proved by studying the convergence of the characteristic function.
The main result is the asymptotic behavior of PK,K(N) itself, for certain large K and N.This is obtained by studying a contour integral of the generating function taken along the unit circle.The bulk of the estimate comes from integrating along a small arc near the point 1.Diophantine approximation is used to show that the integral along the rest of the circle is much smaller.
