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    exactly the number of weak compositions of d. Stars and bars (combinatorics) Heubach, Silvia; Mansour, Toufik (2004). "Compositions of n with parts in a set"...
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  • yields a single function Composition (combinatorics), a way of writing a positive integer as a sum of positive integers Composition algebra, an algebra over...
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  • making combinatorics into an independent branch of mathematics in its own right. One of the oldest and most accessible parts of combinatorics is graph...
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  • List of partition topics (category Enumerative combinatorics)
    partition, two ways of viewing the operation of division of integers. Composition (combinatorics) Ewens's sampling formula Ferrers graph Glaisher's theorem Landau's...
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  • In combinatorics, stars and bars (also called "sticks and stones", "balls and bars", and "dots and dividers") is a graphical aid for deriving certain...
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  • Enumerative combinatorics is an area of combinatorics that deals with the number of ways that certain patterns can be formed. Two examples of this type...
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  • The mathematical field of combinatorics was studied to varying degrees in numerous ancient societies. Its study in Europe dates to the work of Leonardo...
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  • he recommends the book to anyone "learning or working in combinatorics". Analytic Combinatorics won the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition...
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  • (perhaps arbitrary) ordering. In some contexts, such as enumerative combinatorics, the term enumeration is used more in the sense of counting – with emphasis...
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  • Combinatorics on words is a fairly new field of mathematics, branching from combinatorics, which focuses on the study of words and formal languages. The...
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  • Terence Clarke Variations (Stravinsky), Igor Stravinsky's last orchestral composition written in 1963–64 Variation, album by Akina Nakamori Les Variations...
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    In number theory and combinatorics, a partition of a non-negative integer n, also called an integer partition, is a way of writing n as a sum of positive...
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  • its degree, satisfying conditions related to the umbral calculus in combinatorics. They are named for Isador M. Sheffer. Fix a polynomial sequence (pn)...
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    Catalan number (category Enumerative combinatorics)
    many counting problems in combinatorics whose solution is given by the Catalan numbers. The book Enumerative Combinatorics: Volume 2 by combinatorialist...
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    (1990), Introductory Combinatorics (2nd ed.), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 978-0-15-541576-8 Bóna, Miklós (2004), Combinatorics of Permutations, Chapman...
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  • mathematics that studies sets Number theory – Branch of mathematics Combinatorics – Branch of discrete mathematics Finite mathematics – Syllabus in college...
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  • such as theoretical physics, computer science, algebra, analysis, combinatorics, algebraic, differential, discrete and Euclidean geometries, graph theory...
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  • Combinatorial species (category Enumerative combinatorics)
    Definition 8 Flajolet, Philippe; Sedgewick, Robert (2009). Analytic combinatorics. Sage documentation on combinatorial species. Haskell package species...
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  • Euler characteristic (category Polyhedral combinatorics)
    mathematics, and more specifically in algebraic topology and polyhedral combinatorics, the Euler characteristic (or Euler number, or Euler–Poincaré characteristic)...
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  • Graham–Rothschild theorem (category Combinatorics on words)
    Graham–Rothschild theorem is a theorem that applies Ramsey theory to combinatorics on words and combinatorial cubes. It is named after Ronald Graham and...
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    Connections from Combinatorics to Topology. Birkhäuser. ISBN 978-3-319-29788-0. Stanley, Richard P. (1997). Enumerative Combinatorics 1. Cambridge Studies...
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    action. Group actions have applications in the study of symmetries, combinatorics and many other branches of mathematics, physics and chemistry. A permutation...
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  • the Applied Statistics Unit of ISI, Kolkata. He received a Ph.D. in Combinatorics and Optimization in 1982 from the University of Waterloo under the joint...
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    set of all transformations on a given base set, together with function composition, forms a regular semigroup. For a finite set of cardinality n, there...
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  • Cycle index (category Combinatorics)
    Combinatorics (2nd ed.), Boca Raton: CRC Press, pp. 472–479, ISBN 978-1-4200-9982-9 Tucker, Alan (1995), "9.3 The Cycle Index", Applied Combinatorics...
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    worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. His notable contributions included discovering a periodic minimal surface...
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  • whether active or passive, can be represented as a screw displacement, the composition of a translation along an axis and a rotation about that axis. The terms...
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  • Lagrange inversion theorem (category Theorems in combinatorics)
    There is a special case of Lagrange inversion theorem that is used in combinatorics and applies when f ( w ) = w / ϕ ( w ) {\displaystyle f(w)=w/\phi (w)}...
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  • Free monoid (category Combinatorics on words)
    commutative monoids as instances. This generalization finds applications in combinatorics and in the study of parallelism in computer science. String operations...
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  • Twelvefold way (category Combinatorics)
    In combinatorics, the twelvefold way is a systematic classification of 12 related enumerative problems concerning two finite sets, which include the classical...
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