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  2. Combination - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a set that has distinct members, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations).For example, given three fruits, say an apple, an orange and a pear, there are three combinations of two that can be drawn from this set: an apple and a pear; an apple and an orange; or a pear and an orange.

  3. Combinatorial number system - Wikipedia

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    A k-combination of a set S is a subset of S with k (distinct) elements. The main purpose of the combinatorial number system is to provide a representation, each by a single number, of all () possible k-combinations of a set S of n elements.

  4. Combinations and permutations - Wikipedia

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    Combinations and permutations in the mathematical sense are described in several articles. Described together, in-depth: Twelvefold way; Explained separately in a more accessible way: Combination; Permutation; For meanings outside of mathematics, please see both words’ disambiguation pages: Combination (disambiguation) Permutation ...

  5. Stars and bars (combinatorics) - Wikipedia

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    The three-choose-two combination yields two results, depending on whether a bin is allowed to have zero items. In both results the number of bins is 3. If zero is not allowed, the number of cookies should be n = 6, as described in the previous figure. If zero is allowed, the number of cookies should only be n = 3.

  6. Permutation - Wikipedia

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    A k-combination of a set S is a k-element subset of S: the elements of a combination are not ordered. Ordering the k-combinations of S in all possible ways produces the k-permutations of S. The number of k-combinations of an n-set, C(n,k), is therefore related to the number of k-permutations of n by: (,) = (,) (,) = _! =!

  7. Integer partition - Wikipedia

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    For example, the partition 4 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 has rank 3 because it contains 3 parts that are ≥ 3, but does not contain 4 parts that are ≥ 4. In the Ferrers diagram or Young diagram of a partition of rank r, the r × r square of entries in the upper-left is known as the Durfee square:

  8. Combinatorial design - Wikipedia

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    An r × n tuscan-k rectangle on n symbols has r rows and n columns such that: each row is a permutation of the n symbols and; for any two distinct symbols a and b and for each m from 1 to k, there is at most one row in which b is m steps to the right of a. If r = n and k = 1 these are referred to as Tuscan squares, while if r = n and k = n - 1 ...

  9. Combinatorics - Wikipedia

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    Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and as an end to obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures.It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many applications ranging from logic to statistical physics and from evolutionary biology to computer science.