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Derangement Formula
The number of derangements of items is .
Fundamental Counting Principle
If there are ways to do one thing, and ways to do another, then there are ways to do both.
Permutation of a Set
The number of ways to arrange distinct objects is (factorial).
Binomial Theorem
The expansion of is given by .
Hockey-Stick Identity
For , .
Stirling's Approximation for Factorials
for large .
Catalan Numbers
is the Catalan number.
Pascal's Identity
for .
Permutations of Multisets
If a set has objects with indistinguishable objects respectively, the number of distinct permutations is .
Vandermonde's Identity
for .
Multinomial Theorem
The expansion of is given by , where the sum is taken over all non-negative integer sequences such that .
Combination with Repetition
The number of combinations of items taken at a time with repetition allowed is .
Partition of a Set
The number of ways to divide a set of objects into non-empty subsets is given by Stirling numbers of the second kind, .
Combination of a Set
The number of ways to choose items from items without regard to order is .
Permutations with Repetition
is the number of ways to choose items from items with replacement.
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