Selecting non-consecutive balls arranged in many lines (Q802558)

From MaRDI portal





scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3891373
Language Label Description Also known as
default for all languages
No label defined
    English
    Selecting non-consecutive balls arranged in many lines
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3891373

      Statements

      Selecting non-consecutive balls arranged in many lines (English)
      0 references
      0 references
      0 references
      0 references
      1984
      0 references
      \textit{I. Kaplansky} [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 49, 784-785 (1943; Zbl 0060.029)] obtained the number of ways of selecting k balls from n balls arranged in a line without two selected ones being consecutive. This result is generalized to the case of any number of lines when each line can contain any number of balls.
      0 references
      0 references
      choice problem
      0 references
      ball selection
      0 references

      Identifiers