Wiki gives this definition of a partition of a set
In mathematics, a partition of a set is a grouping of the set's elements into non-empty subsets, in such a way that every element is included in exactly one subset.
And this example
The set { 1, 2, 3 } has these five partitions
{ {1}, {2}, {3} }, sometimes written 1|2|3.
{ {1, 2}, {3} }, or 12|3.
{ {1, 3}, {2} }, or 13|2.
{ {1}, {2, 3} }, or 1|23.
{ {1, 2, 3} }, or 123
Is there a way to compute all the legit partitions of a set with Python?
I've tried the partitions in sympy
from sympy.combinatorics.partitions import Partition
a = Partition([1, 2, 3])
a.members
and I got
(1, 2, 3)
which is apparently incorrect.
If you're using Sympy, then you want sympy.utilities.iterables.multiset_partitions:
>>> from sympy.utilities.iterables import multiset_partitions
>>> for p in multiset_partitions([1, 2, 3]):
... print(p)
...
[[1, 2, 3]]
[[1, 2], [3]]
[[1, 3], [2]]
[[1], [2, 3]]
[[1], [2], [3]]