Not Just Hats Anymore: Binomial Inversion and the Problem of Multiple Coincidences

DOI10.1080/07468342.2007.11922234zbMATH Open1154.05003OpenAlexW155384823WikidataQ130170795 ScholiaQ130170795MaRDI QIDQ5454949FDOQ5454949

Authors Leith Hathout 

Publication date 3 April 2008

Published in The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/07468342.2007.11922234

zbMATH Keywords

elementary probabilitybinomial inversionmultiple coincidencesdouble coincidences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Permutations, words, matrices (05A05) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to combinatorics (05-01) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to probability theory (60-01)

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