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Pigeonhole principle and inclusion, exclusion
Two counting ideas that prove things without listing anything.
Pigeonhole: more pigeons than holes means some hole holds two. Inclusion, exclusion: |A ∪ B| = |A| + |B| − |A ∩ B|, and the alternating sum continues for more sets. Picture it: a Venn diagram; the overlap is what you counted twice. Think it: inclusion, exclusion is the Möbius function of the subset lattice.
Çözümlü örnek · {1,2,3,4} union {3,4,5,6}
{1,2,3,4} union {3,4,5,6}
Adım adım
- A = \left\{1, 2, 3, 4\right\},\quad B = \left\{3, 4, 5, 6\right\}
The two sets.
- A \cup B = \left\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\right\}
Keep everything in either set.
- |A| = 4,\ |B| = 4,\ |A \cup B| = 6
Cardinalities. Note |A ∪ B| = |A| + |B| − |A ∩ B|.
Cevabı göster
Şimdi sen Bir problem seçin, ya da kendi probleminizi yazın ya da çizin. Her adım, bir resim, cevap sorulana kadar gizli.
Burada kullanılan sembolleri
Tüm tanım, resim ve her harfin anlamı için herhangi bir sembolü tıklayın.
Nasıl: Pigeonhole principle and inclusion, exclusion
- The two sets.
- Keep everything in either set.
- Cardinalities. Note |A ∪ B| = |A| + |B| − |A ∩ B|.
Sık sorulan sorular
Permutation or combination?
Ask whether order matters. A lock code is a permutation (order matters); a hand of cards is a combination (it does not).
What is a graph in this sense?
Dots (vertices) joined by lines (edges), not a plot. Road maps, social networks and molecules are graphs; questions like "is there a route" and "how few colours" are graph theory.
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