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

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Selecting non-consecutive balls arranged in many lines
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    1984
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    \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.
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    choice problem
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    ball selection
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