A geometric perspective on counting non-negative integer solutions and combinatorial identities

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2014.985273MaRDI QIDQ2808986zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Matthew Haines, Stanley R. Huddy, Michael A. Jones

Publication date 27 May 2016

Published in International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

combinatorial identitiescombinatorial proofsinclusion-exclusion principlenon-negative integer solutionsproofs without words

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Combinatorial identities, bijective combinatorics (05A19) Other combinatorial number theory (11B75) Number theory (educational aspects) (97F60) Combinatorics (educational aspects) (97K20)

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