Mathematics of Choice: Or, How to Count Without Counting

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MAA, 1965 - Mathematics - 202 pages
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Introductory Questions
1
Chapter 2 Permutations and Combinations
7
Chapter 3 Combinations and Binomial Coefficients
27
Chapter 4 Some Special Distributions
50
Chapter 5 The InclusionExclusion Principle Probability
67
Chapter 6 Partitions of an Integer
91
Chapter 7 Generating Polynomials
100
Chapter 8 Distribution of Objects Not All Alike
109
Chapter 9 Configuration Problems
120
Chapter 10 Mathematical Induction
129
Chapter 11 Interpretations of a NonAssociative Product
140
Miscellaneous Problems
153
Answers and Solutions
160
Bibliography
199
Index
201
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