The major index of the composition.
The descents of a composition $[c_1,c_2,\dots,c_k]$ are the partial sums $c_1, c_1+c_2,\dots, c_1+\dots+c_{k-1}$, excluding the sum of all parts. The major index of a composition is the sum of its descents.
For details about the major index see Permutations/Descents-Major.

The threshold graph corresponding to the composition.
A threshold graph is a graph that can be obtained from the empty graph by adding successively isolated and dominating vertices.
A threshold graph is uniquely determined by its degree sequence.
The Laplacian spectrum of a threshold graph is integral. Interpreting it as an integer partition, it is the conjugate of the partition given by its degree sequence.

The complement of a composition.
The complement of a composition $I$ is defined as follows:
If $I$ is the empty composition, then the complement is also the empty composition. Otherwise, let $S$ be the descent set corresponding to $I=(i_1,\dots,i_k)$, that is, the subset
$$\{ i_1, i_1 + i_2, \ldots, i_1 + i_2 + \cdots + i_{k-1} \}$$
of $\{ 1, 2, \ldots, |I|-1 \}$. Then, the complement of $I$ is the composition of the same size as $I$, whose descent set is $\{ 1, 2, \ldots, |I|-1 \} \setminus S$.
The complement of a composition $I$ coincides with the reversal (Mp00038reverse) of the composition conjugate (Mp00041conjugate) to $I$.

The chromatic difference sequence of a graph.
Let $G$ be a simple graph with chromatic number $\kappa$. Let $\alpha_m$ be the maximum number of vertices in a $m$-colorable subgraph of $G$. Set $\delta_m=\alpha_m-\alpha_{m-1}$. The sequence $\delta_1,\delta_2,\dots\delta_\kappa$ is the chromatic difference sequence of $G$.
All entries of the chromatic difference sequence are positive: $\alpha_m > \alpha_{m-1}$ for $m < \kappa$, because we can assign any uncolored vertex of a partial coloring with $m-1$ colors the color $m$. Therefore, the chromatic difference sequence is a composition of the number of vertices of $G$ into $\kappa$ parts.