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Can the Gini coefficient be meaningfully applied to integer partitions?

Since it is a measure of statistical dispersion, it seems like it might be relevant.

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    Interesting. I'm trying to get an intuition for what high $G$ini coefficient means for partitions. The first one to brea$k$ .7, by the way, is the partition of 38 (31, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1). I _thin$k$_ the first to break .8 is the partition of 90 consisting of 82 and eight 1s.2012-08-10

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