Partition 191212 224048813 2008-07-07T02:18:16Z Michael Hardy 4626 format {{Wiktionarypar|partition}} Generally, a '''partition''' is a splitting of something into parts. The term is used in a variety of senses: == Law == *[[Partition (law)]], to divide up a piece of land into separate portions representing the proportionate interests of the tenants. It may also consist of dividing a property with common ownership into identifiable individual ownership == Computing == * [[Disk partitioning]] organisation of a disk on PC systems * [[Partition (database)]] division of a database into parts * [[Logical partition]] division of a physical memory into protected areas == Mathematics == * [[List of partition topics]] * [[Partition of a set]], a collection of non-empty subsets such that every element belongs to one and only one of the subsets * [[Partition (number theory)]], a way to write a positive integer as a sum of other positive integers; the partition function gives the number of different ways to partition a number * [[Multiplicative partition]], a way to write an integer greater than 1 as a product of other integers that are also greater than 1. * [[Partition problem]], an NP-complete problem: given a set of integers, can the set be partitioned into two subsets with equal sums? * A [[partition of unity]] is a set of functions whose sum is the constant function * [[Partition of an interval]], used in the theory of the Riemann integral and the Riemann-Stieltjes integral == Music == * [[Partition (music)]] — a method of creating segments from sets when the twelve-tone technique is used == Film == *[[Partition (film)|''Partition'' (film)]] *[[Partition (1987 film)|''Partition'' (1987 film)]] == Physics == * [[Partition function (statistical mechanics)]] * [[Partition function (quantum field theory)]] == Political geography == * [[Partition (politics)]] Notable examples are: * [[Partitions of Poland]] and Poland-Lithuania in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries * [[Partition of Bengal (1905)|1905 Partition of Bengal]] and [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|1947 Partition of Bengal]] * [[Partition of India]] (colonial British India) in 1947 into the independent dominions (later republics) of India and Pakistan (which included modern day Bangladesh) * [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union|Partition of Punjab]] in 1966 into the states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh * [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Partition of Pakistan]] in 1971, when East Pakistan became the independent nation of Bangladesh after the Bangladesh Liberation War * [[1947 UN Partition Plan]] for Palestine (region) * [[Partition of Ireland]] in 1920 into the independent Irish Free State and (British) Northern Ireland * [[Treaty of Kars]] of 1921, which partitioned Ottoman Armenia between the republic of Turkey and the then Soviet Union (Western and Eastern Armenia) * [[Partition of Vietnam]] in 1954 * [[Partitions of Luxembourg]], last in 1838 into Duchy of Luxembourg and Belgian province * The hypothetical [[partition of Quebec|partition of the Canadian province of Quebec]] == Furniture == * Office [[partition (office)|partition]]s, which may be used to form [[cubicle]]s * Folding screens such as [[Byōbu]] == See also == *[[Division (disambiguation)]] *[[Stratification]] {{disambig}} [[de:Partition]] [[es:Partición]] [[fr:Partition]] [[he:מחיצה]] [[it:Partizione]] [[hu:Partíció (egyértelműsítő)]] [[nl:Partitie]] [[zh:分割]]