The Cartan determinant of the integer partition. Let $p=[p_1,...,p_r]$ be a given integer partition with highest part t. Let $A=K[x]/(x^t)$ be the finite dimensional algebra over the field $K$ and $M$ the direct sum of the indecomposable $A$-modules of vector space dimension $p_i$ for each $i$. Then the Cartan determinant of $p$ is the Cartan determinant of the endomorphism algebra of $M$ over $A$. Explicitly, this is the determinant of the matrix $\left(\min(\bar p_i, \bar p_j)\right)_{i,j}$, where $\bar p$ is the set of distinct parts of the partition.

The number of linear extensions of a poset.

The hat guessing number of a graph. Suppose that each vertex of a graph corresponds to a player, wearing a hat whose color is arbitrarily chosen from a set of $q$ possible colors. Each player can see the hat colors of his neighbors, but not his own hat color. All of the players are asked to guess their own hat colors simultaneously, according to a predetermined guessing strategy and the hat colors they see, where no communication between them is allowed. The hat guessing number $HG(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the largest integer $q$ such that there exists a guessing strategy guaranteeing at least one correct guess for any hat assignment of $q$ possible colors. Because it suffices that a single player guesses correctly, the hat guessing number of a graph is the maximum of the hat guessing numbers of its connected components.

The order dimension or Dushnik-Miller dimension of a poset. This is the minimal number of linear orderings whose intersection is the given poset.