combination

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  • In permutations and combinations

    combinations, the various ways in which objects from a set may be selected, generally without replacement, to form subsets. This selection of subsets is called a permutation when the order of selection is a factor, a combination when order is not a factor. By considering…

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  • Ferrers' partitioning diagram for 14
    In combinatorics: Binomial coefficients

    …to order is called a combination of n things taken r at a time. Because each combination gives rise to r! permutations, the number of combinations, which is written (n/r), can be expressed in terms of factorials

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