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4096: 3494: 4091:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\left(\!\!{4 \choose 18}\!\!\right)&={21 \choose 18}={\frac {21!}{18!\,3!}}={21 \choose 3},\\&={\frac {{\color {red}{\mathfrak {4\cdot 5\cdot 6\cdot 7\cdot 8\cdot 9\cdot 10\cdot 11\cdot 12\cdot 13\cdot 14\cdot 15\cdot 16\cdot 17\cdot 18}}}\cdot \mathbf {19\cdot 20\cdot 21} }{\mathbf {1\cdot 2\cdot 3} \cdot {\color {red}{\mathfrak {4\cdot 5\cdot 6\cdot 7\cdot 8\cdot 9\cdot 10\cdot 11\cdot 12\cdot 13\cdot 14\cdot 15\cdot 16\cdot 17\cdot 18}}}}},\\&={\frac {1\cdot 2\cdot 3\cdot 4\cdot 5\cdots 16\cdot 17\cdot 18\;\mathbf {\cdot \;19\cdot 20\cdot 21} }{\,1\cdot 2\cdot 3\cdot 4\cdot 5\cdots 16\cdot 17\cdot 18\;\mathbf {\cdot \;1\cdot 2\cdot 3\quad } }},\\&={\frac {19\cdot 20\cdot 21}{1\cdot 2\cdot 3}}.\end{aligned}}} 2508: 6165: 5594: 3343: •  •  •  •  •  •  |  •  •  |  •  •  •  |  •  •  •  •  •  •  • 5381: 6059:
operates on multisets and returns identical records. For instance, consider "SELECT name from Student". In the case that there are multiple records with name "Sara" in the student table, all of them are shown. That means the result of an SQL query is a multiset; if the result were instead a set, the
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used multisets as a device to investigate the properties of families of sets. He wrote, "The notion of a set takes no account of multiple occurrence of any one of its members, and yet it is just this kind of information that is frequently of importance. We need only think of the set of roots of a
6004: 4644: 4503: 2989: 5024: 5764: 5589:{\displaystyle \left(\!\!{\alpha \choose k}\!\!\right)={\frac {\alpha ^{\overline {k}}}{k!}}={\frac {\alpha (\alpha +1)(\alpha +2)\cdots (\alpha +k-1)}{k(k-1)(k-2)\cdots 1}}\quad {\text{for }}k\in \mathbb {N} {\text{ and arbitrary }}\alpha .} 5156: 360:, or units." These and similar collections of objects can be regarded as multisets, because strokes, tally marks, or units are considered indistinguishable. This shows that people implicitly used multisets even before mathematics emerged. 5811: 4508: 4338: 4322: 1760: 2991:
where the second expression is as a binomial coefficient; many authors in fact avoid separate notation and just write binomial coefficients. So, the number of such multisets is the same as the number of subsets of cardinality
3094: 2765: 1111: 1290:, those normally can be excluded from the context. On the other hand, the latter notation is coherent with the fact that the prime factorization of a positive integer is a uniquely defined multiset, as asserted by the 4211: 3499: 2471: 1636: 6055:. For instance, multisets are often used to implement relations in database systems. In particular, a table (without a primary key) works as a multiset, because it can have multiple identical records. Similarly, 2209: 2075: 4879: 2326: 3489: 2597: 1197: 2677: 3166: 1941: 5649: 1426:. In this article the multiplicities are considered to be finite, so that no element occurs infinitely many times in the family; even in an infinite multiset, the multiplicities are finite numbers. 5802:, where it actually can serve as definition of arbitrary powers of series with constant coefficient equal to 1; the point is that with this definition all identities hold that one expects for 4872: 4797: 3246:
the equality of multiset coefficients and binomial coefficients given above involves representing multisets in the following way. First, consider the notation for multisets that would represent
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Although multisets were used implicitly from ancient times, their explicit exploration happened much later. The first known study of multisets is attributed to the Indian mathematician
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Practical needs for this structure have caused multisets to be rediscovered several times, appearing in literature under different names. For instance, they were important in early
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The usual operations of sets may be extended to multisets by using the multiplicity function, in a similar way to using the indicator function for subsets. In the following,
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These objects are all different when viewed as multisets, although they are the same set, since they all consist of the same elements. As with sets, and in contrast to
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that does not belong to a given multiset is said to have a multiplicity 0 in this multiset. This extends the multiplicity function of the multiset to a function from
1424: 1284: 807: 1840: 1810: 7069: 5289: 4111: 1555: 1531: 687:, its multiplicity as a root of the minimal polynomial is the size of the largest Jordan block, and its geometric multiplicity is the number of Jordan blocks. 2491:), stating that a finite union of finite multisets is the difference of two sums of multisets: in the first sum we consider all possible intersections of an 2365: 1560: 2109: 1975: 5999:{\displaystyle (1-X)^{-\alpha }(1-X)^{-\beta }=(1-X)^{-(\alpha +\beta )}\quad {\text{and}}\quad ((1-X)^{-\alpha })^{-\beta }=(1-X)^{-(-\alpha \beta )},} 4639:{\displaystyle \left(\!\!{n \choose 0}\!\!\right)=1,\quad n\in \mathbb {N} ,\quad {\mbox{and}}\quad \left(\!\!{0 \choose k}\!\!\right)=0,\quad k>0.} 4498:{\displaystyle \left(\!\!{n \choose k}\!\!\right)=\left(\!\!{n \choose k-1}\!\!\right)+\left(\!\!{n-1 \choose k}\!\!\right)\quad {\mbox{for }}n,k>0} 1498:, and suffices for defining multisets when the universe containing the elements has been fixed. This multiplicity function is a generalization of the 2235: 1014: 3385: 219:
denote the same multiset. To distinguish between sets and multisets, a notation that incorporates square brackets is sometimes used: the multiset
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With this definition one has a generalization of the negative binomial formula (with one of the variables set to 1), which justifies calling the
581:, for example, has two solutions. However, in some cases they are both the same number. Thus the multiset of solutions of the equation could be 1872: 375:. A multiset has been also called an aggregate, heap, bunch, sample, weighted set, occurrence set, and fireset (finitely repeated element set). 7297: 7292: 7271: 7135: 6806: 4813: 6678:
Syropoulos, Apostolos (2000). "Mathematics of multisets". In Calude, Cristian; Paun, Gheorghe; Rozenberg, Grzegorz; Salomaa, Arto (eds.).
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Other mathematicians formalized multisets and began to study them as precise mathematical structures in the 20th century. For example,
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in the multiset. Monro argued that the concepts of multiset and multinumber are often mixed indiscriminately, though both are useful.
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From the relation between binomial coefficients and multiset coefficients, it follows that the number of multisets of cardinality
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vertical lines among the 18 + 4 − 1 characters, and is thus the number of subsets of cardinality 4 − 1 of a set of cardinality
3366:. The number of vertical lines is 4 − 1. The number of multisets of cardinality 18 is then the number of ways to arrange the 5601: 6930: 5019:{\displaystyle \left(\!\!{n \choose k}\!\!\right)=\left(\!\!{n \choose k-1}\!\!\right)+\left(\!\!{n-1 \choose k}\!\!\right).} 2748: 2603: 590: 6380: 513: 31: 5296: 5165: 1429:
It is possible to extend the definition of a multiset by allowing multiplicities of individual elements to be infinite
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By a set (Menge) we are to understand any collection into a whole (Zusammenfassung zu einem Gansen) M of definite and
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of that element in the multiset. As a consequence, an infinite number of multisets exist that contain only elements
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repetitive records in the result set would have been eliminated. Another application of multisets is in modeling
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Wayne Blizard traced multisets back to the very origin of numbers, arguing that "in ancient times, the number
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Libkin, L.; Wong, L. (1995). "On representation and querying incomplete information in databases with bags".
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Singh, D.; Ibrahim, A. M.; Yohanna, T.; Singh, J. N. (2007). "An overview of the applications of multisets".
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in which the multiset coefficients occur. Multiset coefficients should not be confused with the unrelated
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or "size" of a multiset is the sum of the multiplicities of all its elements. For example, in the multiset
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Different generalizations of multisets have been introduced, studied and applied to solving problems.
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The multiplicative formula allows the definition of multiset coefficients to be extended by replacing
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by many centuries. Knuth himself attributes the first study of multisets to the Indian mathematician
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seen as a generalized binomial coefficient equals the extreme right-hand side of the above equation.
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number of the given multisets, while in the second sum we consider all possible intersections of an
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This article is about the mathematical concept. For the computer science data structure, see
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Multiset Processing, Mathematical, Computer Science, and Molecular Computing Points of View
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and formulas such as these can be used to prove identities for the multiset coefficients.
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instead of positive integers, but not all properties carry over to this generalization.
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A multiset corresponds to an ordinary set if the multiplicity of every element is 1. An
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Angelelli, I. (1965). "Leibniz's misunderstanding of Nizolius' notion of 'multitudo'".
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are zero, and the infinite series becomes a finite sum. However, for other values of
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characters, which is the number of subsets of cardinality 18 of a set of cardinality
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For example, there are 4 multisets of cardinality 3 with elements taken from the set
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If the elements of the multiset are numbers, a confusion is possible with ordinary
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are respectively 2, 3, and 1, and therefore the cardinality of this multiset is 6.
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does not appear, then our original multiset is equal to a multiset of cardinality
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be the source set. There is always exactly one (empty) multiset of size 0, and if
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to match the expression of binomial coefficients using a falling factorial power:
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with elements from might or might not contain any instance of the final element
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around 1150. Other names have been proposed or used for this concept, including
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Grzymala-Busse, J. (1987). "Learning from examples based on rough multisets".
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Whitney, Hassler (1933). "Characteristic Functions and the Algebra of Logic".
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of elements from , and every such multiset can arise, which gives a total of
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found the number of multiset permutations when one element can be repeated.
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Alkhazaleh, S.; Salleh, A. R.; Hassan, N. (2011). "Soft Multisets Theory".
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There is an inclusion–exclusion principle for finite multisets (similar to
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structure on the finite multisets in a given universe. This monoid is a
7122:. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 2235. pp. 225–235. 6724: 2683:; it is used for instance in (Stanley, 1997), and could be pronounced " 2466:{\displaystyle m_{C}(x)=\max(m_{A}(x)-m_{B}(x),0)\quad \forall x\in U.} 1631:{\displaystyle \operatorname {Supp} (A):=\{x\in U\mid m_{A}(x)>0\}.} 1537:
is the underlying set of the multiset. Using the multiplicity function
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where upper indices equal to 1 are omitted. For example, the multiset {
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Real-valued multisets (in which multiplicity of an element can be any
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Multisets have various applications. They are becoming fundamental in
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between these functions and the multisets that have their elements in
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thus is the value of the multiset coefficient and its equivalencies:
2204:{\displaystyle m_{C}(x)=\min(m_{A}(x),m_{B}(x))\quad \forall x\in U.} 2070:{\displaystyle m_{C}(x)=\max(m_{A}(x),m_{B}(x))\quad \forall x\in U.} 1503: 499:. Here the underlying set of elements is the set of prime factors of 296:. However, the concept of multisets predates the coinage of the word 7222:
Burgin, Mark (1992). "On the concept of a multiset in cybernetics".
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Rulifson, J. F.; Derkson, J. A.; Waldinger, R. J. (November 1972).
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there are no larger multisets, which gives the initial conditions.
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value: positive, negative or zero). Monro (1987) investigated the
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Miyamoto, S. (2001). "Fuzzy Multisets and Their Generalizations".
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Blizard, Wayne D. (1989). "Real-valued Multisets and Fuzzy Sets".
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This extended multiplicity function is commonly called simply the
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that, unlike a set, allows for multiple instances for each of its
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One of the simplest and most natural examples is the multiset of
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circa 1150, who described permutations of multisets. The work of
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if its support is finite, or, equivalently, if its cardinality
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The value of multiset coefficients can be given explicitly as
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Generalization and connection to the negative binomial series
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published a general rule for multiset permutations in 1675.
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Burgin, Mark (2004). "Unified Foundations of Mathematics".
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Elements of a multiset are generally taken in a fixed set
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The above recurrence may be interpreted as follows. Let
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of the multiset, formed from its distinct elements, and
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Named sets (unification of all generalizations of sets)
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languages, such as QA4, where they were referred to as
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A related example is the multiset of solutions of an
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support (underlying set), and thus a cardinality 0.
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For instance, 5737: 5736: 5730: 5717: 5713: 5712: 5635: 5634: 5628: 5615: 5611: 5610: 5415: 5414: 5408: 5395: 5391: 5390: 5330: 5329: 5323: 5310: 5306: 5305: 5199: 5198: 5192: 5179: 5175: 5174: 5095: 5094: 5088: 5075: 5071: 5070: 5007: 5006: 5000: 4979: 4975: 4974: 4960: 4959: 4953: 4932: 4928: 4927: 4913: 4912: 4906: 4893: 4889: 4888: 4855: 4854: 4848: 4827: 4823: 4822: 4783: 4782: 4776: 4755: 4751: 4750: 4731:once, one is left with a multiset of cardinality 4611: 4610: 4604: 4591: 4587: 4586: 4542: 4541: 4535: 4522: 4518: 4517: 4466: 4465: 4459: 4438: 4434: 4433: 4419: 4418: 4412: 4391: 4387: 4386: 4372: 4371: 4365: 4352: 4348: 4347: 4305: 4304: 4298: 4269: 4265: 4264: 4250: 4249: 4243: 4230: 4226: 4225: 4194: 4176: 4145: 4144: 4138: 4125: 4121: 4120: 3616: 3603: 3561: 3548: 3532: 3531: 3525: 3512: 3508: 3507: 3466: 3439: 3427: 3392: 3119: 3106: 3047: 3046: 3040: 3027: 3023: 3022: 2838: 2811: 2799: 2798: 2792: 2779: 2775: 2774: 2662: 2661: 2638: 2637: 2580: 2579: 2556: 2555: 6738:Monro, G. P. (1987). "The Concept of Multiset". 6120:Multisets whose multiplicity is any real-valued 2747:that involves binomial coefficients, there is a 2391: 2135: 2001: 789:(It is also possible to allow multiplicity 0 or 2679:, a notation that is meant to resemble that of 7058:. Charlotte, North Carolina. pp. 325–332. 7027:Yager, R. R. (1986). "On the Theory of Bags". 6673: 6671: 6524: 6522: 6520: 6518: 6516: 6379:; Jourdain, Philip E.B. (Translator) (1895). 2723: 2710: 2655: 2642: 2573: 2560: 2541: 2528: 756:{\displaystyle m\colon A\to \mathbb {Z} ^{+}} 401:Multisets appeared explicitly in the work of 8: 6419:. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. pp.  4685: 4667: 2624:. This number is written by some authors as 2328:It may be viewed as a generalization of the 1622: 1582: 1240: 1221: 979: 947: 866: 827: 767:to the set of positive integers, giving the 398:explained this rule in more detail in 1685. 6856:. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. 6831:. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. 6565: 6563: 6444: 6442: 6440: 1368:, may define a multiset, sometimes written 7085:"Sets with a negative numbers of elements" 7068:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 6556:(Technical report). SRI International. 73. 4335:for multiset coefficients may be given as 4009: 4004: 3939: 3934: 7246: 7187: 7102: 7003: 6894: 6504: 5972: 5944: 5931: 5906: 5884: 5856: 5831: 5813: 5772:formula is valid for all complex numbers 5747: 5729: 5716: 5714: 5701: 5690: 5674: 5656: 5627: 5614: 5612: 5603: 5575: 5571: 5570: 5559: 5454: 5430: 5424: 5407: 5394: 5392: 5383: 5322: 5309: 5307: 5298: 5269: 5250: 5238: 5191: 5178: 5176: 5167: 5136: 5114: 5105: 5087: 5074: 5072: 5059: 5048: 5042: 4999: 4978: 4976: 4952: 4931: 4929: 4905: 4892: 4890: 4881: 4847: 4826: 4824: 4815: 4775: 4754: 4752: 4743: 4653: 4603: 4590: 4588: 4573: 4565: 4564: 4534: 4521: 4519: 4510: 4473: 4458: 4437: 4435: 4411: 4390: 4388: 4364: 4351: 4349: 4340: 4297: 4268: 4266: 4242: 4229: 4227: 4218: 4193: 4175: 4173: 4167: 4137: 4124: 4122: 4113: 4043: 4005: 3958: 3935: 3886: 3778: 3777: 3775: 3755: 3736: 3641: 3640: 3638: 3635: 3615: 3602: 3600: 3587: 3570: 3560: 3547: 3545: 3524: 3511: 3509: 3498: 3496: 3465: 3438: 3436: 3426: 3391: 3389: 3387: 3355:made of elements of a set of cardinality 3134: 3128: 3118: 3105: 3103: 3101: 3062: 3056: 3039: 3026: 3024: 3015: 2907: 2882: 2847: 2837: 2810: 2808: 2791: 2778: 2776: 2767: 2722: 2709: 2706: 2704: 2654: 2641: 2639: 2629: 2572: 2559: 2557: 2540: 2527: 2525: 2523: 2423: 2401: 2373: 2367: 2287: 2265: 2243: 2237: 2167: 2145: 2117: 2111: 2033: 2011: 1983: 1977: 1902: 1880: 1874: 1823: 1817: 1796: 1790: 1737: 1721: 1699: 1671: 1659: 1651: 1649: 1601: 1562: 1542: 1518: 1483:of non-negative integers. This defines a 1469: 1468: 1466: 1404: 1398: 1264: 1258: 1228: 1219: 1175: 1164: 1159: 1141: 1130: 1125: 1118: 1083: 1072: 1067: 1043: 1032: 1027: 1016: 985:{\displaystyle A=\{a_{1},\ldots ,a_{n}\}} 973: 954: 939: 825: 794: 747: 743: 742: 727: 547: 537: 527: 515: 352:was often represented by a collection of 27:Mathematical set with repetitions allowed 7029:International Journal of General Systems 4810:with elements from , of which there are 2506: 53:) is a modification of the concept of a 6883:Journal of Computer and System Sciences 6368: 6182: 2608:The number of multisets of cardinality 7170:Alkhazaleh, S.; Salleh, A. R. (2012). 7061: 4727:. If it does appear, then by removing 1506:, and shares some properties with it. 608:always form a multiset of cardinality 6879:"Towards tractable algebras for bags" 7: 6764:Cf., for instance, Richard Brualdi, 6664:. Braunschweig: Vieweg. p. 114. 6531:"The Development of Multiset Theory" 615:A special case of the above are the 559:{\displaystyle 120=2^{3}3^{1}5^{1},} 7209:Structures in Mathematical Theories 6917:. Springer Verlag. pp. 97–114. 6782:. New York/Berlin: Springer Verlag. 6662:Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen? 5790:. It can also be interpreted as an 5215:is also the number of monomials of 3863: 3857: 3851: 3845: 3839: 3833: 3827: 3821: 3815: 3809: 3803: 3797: 3791: 3785: 3779: 3726: 3720: 3714: 3708: 3702: 3696: 3690: 3684: 3678: 3672: 3666: 3660: 3654: 3648: 3642: 2514:between 3-subsets of a 7-set (left) 872:{\displaystyle \{(a,m(a)):a\in A\}} 7211:. San Sebastian. pp. 417–420. 6992:Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 6591:Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 6492:Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 6031:, including positive integers and 5721: 5702: 5619: 5399: 5314: 5183: 5079: 5060: 4983: 4936: 4897: 4831: 4759: 4595: 4526: 4442: 4395: 4356: 4273: 4234: 4180: 4129: 3607: 3552: 3516: 3443: 3396: 3348:This is a multiset of cardinality 3110: 3031: 2815: 2783: 2714: 2646: 2564: 2532: 2448: 2303: 2186: 2052: 1918: 1781:are multisets in a given universe 879:) allows for writing the multiset 796: 270:the multiplicities of the members 99:, each having multiplicity 1 when 25: 3776: 3639: 2736:{\displaystyle {\tbinom {n}{k}}.} 1292:fundamental theorem of arithmetic 6326:generalized binomial coefficient 6163: 5651:negative binomial coefficients: 4708:Now, consider the case in which 4691:{\displaystyle :=\{1,\dots ,n\}} 4022: 4016: 4010: 3952: 3946: 3940: 3768: 3762: 3756: 3749: 3743: 3737: 7224:Cybernetics and System Analysis 6572:Novi Sad Journal of Mathematics 6458:The Art of Computer Programming 6051:, which often uses the synonym 5911: 5905: 5558: 4626: 4580: 4572: 4557: 4472: 4025: 2499:number of the given multisets. 2447: 2340:, with the universe as a basis. 2302: 2185: 2086:(called, in some contexts, the 2051: 1952:(called, in some contexts, the 1917: 1766:is the unique multiset with an 1437:Basic properties and operations 1120: 1102: 661:is an eigenvalue of the matrix 6931:Information Processing Letters 6877:Grumbach, S.; Milo, T (1996). 6460:. Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). 6168:Learning materials related to 5988: 5976: 5969: 5956: 5941: 5928: 5915: 5912: 5900: 5888: 5881: 5868: 5853: 5840: 5828: 5815: 5671: 5658: 5546: 5534: 5531: 5519: 5511: 5493: 5487: 5475: 5472: 5460: 5275: 5243: 5133: 5120: 4661: 4655: 4164: 4154: 2964: 2946: 2940: 2928: 2925: 2913: 2895: 2883: 2868: 2850: 2749:negative binomial distribution 2604:Stars and bars (combinatorics) 2444: 2435: 2429: 2413: 2407: 2394: 2385: 2379: 2299: 2293: 2277: 2271: 2255: 2249: 2182: 2179: 2173: 2157: 2151: 2138: 2129: 2123: 2048: 2045: 2039: 2023: 2017: 2004: 1995: 1989: 1914: 1908: 1892: 1886: 1785:, with multiplicity functions 1749: 1743: 1711: 1705: 1690: 1684: 1660: 1652: 1613: 1607: 1576: 1570: 1389:is the number of index values 1181: 1168: 1147: 1134: 1089: 1076: 1049: 1036: 851: 848: 842: 830: 775:in the multiset as the number 738: 699:may be formally defined as an 591:fundamental theorem of algebra 443:between elements "of the same 1: 7298:Factorial and binomial topics 7176:Abstract and Applied Analysis 7153:Applied Mathematical Sciences 1309:corresponds to the multiset { 32:Multiset (abstract data type) 7293:Basic concepts in set theory 7172:"Fuzzy Soft Multiset Theory" 7104:10.1016/0001-8708(92)90011-9 6973:10.1016/0165-0114(89)90218-2 6944:10.1016/0020-0190(95)00154-5 6852:Stanley, Richard P. (1999). 6797:Combinatorics of Finite Sets 5435: 4719:. A multiset of cardinality 3208:of cardinality 3 in the set 3067: 1476:{\displaystyle \mathbb {N} } 1449:, which is often the set of 1302:; for example, the monomial 6801:. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2362:with multiplicity function 2232:with multiplicity function 2106:with multiplicity function 1972:with multiplicity function 1246:{\displaystyle \{a^{2},b\}} 292:in the 1970s, according to 7314: 6986:Blizard, Wayne D. (1990). 6766:Introductory Combinatorics 6529:Blizard, Wayne D. (1991). 6035:, the series is infinite. 2616:, is sometimes called the 2601: 1557:, it is characterized as 820:(the set of ordered pairs 812:Representing the function 639:, which is defined as the 503:. For example, the number 29: 7041:10.1080/03081078608934952 6854:Enumerative Combinatorics 6828:Enumerative Combinatorics 6626:Elemens des Mathematiques 6485:Blizard, Wayne D (1989). 6013:is a nonpositive integer 5577: and arbitrary  2518:So this illustrates that 1485:one-to-one correspondence 1008:is often represented as 629:characteristic polynomial 566:which gives the multiset 471:) from a multiset to the 306:permutations of multisets 286:Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn 177:both have multiplicity 3. 7128:10.1007/3-540-45523-X_11 7005:10.1305/ndjfl/1093635499 6752:10.1002/malq.19870330212 6688:10.1007/3-540-45523-X_17 6646:. London: John Playford. 6506:10.1305/ndjfl/1093634995 6454:Seminumerical Algorithms 6224:(where necessarily also 4104:in a set of cardinality 2996:of a set of cardinality 2753:multinomial coefficients 1113:sometimes simplified to 459:. He also introduced a 418:characteristic functions 134:has multiplicity 2, and 7090:Advances in Mathematics 6628:. Paris: André Pralard. 6411:Hein, James L. (2003). 6170:Partitions of multisets 5370:by an arbitrary number 2338:free commutative monoid 2092:greatest common divisor 1419:{\displaystyle a_{i}=x} 1279:{\displaystyle a^{2}b.} 802:{\displaystyle \infty } 451:between multisets as a 431:of multisets and their 91:contains only elements 6960:Fuzzy Sets and Systems 6896:10.1006/jcss.1996.0042 6624:Prestet, Jean (1675). 6250:, however the formula 6145:as multiplicity analog 6143:Frequency (statistics) 6017:, then all terms with 6000: 5760: 5706: 5645: 5590: 5340: 5285: 5209: 5152: 5064: 5020: 4868: 4793: 4692: 4640: 4499: 4318: 4207: 4092: 3485: 3162: 3090: 3009:rising factorial power 2985: 2737: 2673: 2599: 2593: 2480:if their supports are 2467: 2332:of sets. It defines a 2322: 2205: 2071: 1958:lowest common multiple 1937: 1836: 1835:{\displaystyle m_{B}.} 1806: 1756: 1632: 1551: 1527: 1477: 1420: 1280: 1247: 1193: 1107: 986: 873: 803: 757: 637:geometric multiplicity 560: 111:is seen as a multiset. 7262:Burgin, Mark (2011). 7203:Burgin, Mark (1990). 6988:"Negative Membership" 6793:Anderson, I. (1987). 6704:Annals of Mathematics 6644:A treatise of algebra 6386:Mathematische Annalen 6001: 5761: 5686: 5646: 5591: 5341: 5286: 5210: 5153: 5044: 5021: 4869: 4794: 4693: 4641: 4500: 4319: 4208: 4093: 3486: 3163: 3091: 2986: 2745:binomial distribution 2738: 2681:binomial coefficients 2674: 2594: 2510: 2468: 2323: 2206: 2072: 1938: 1837: 1807: 1805:{\displaystyle m_{A}} 1757: 1633: 1552: 1528: 1496:multiplicity function 1478: 1445:, sometimes called a 1421: 1288:arithmetic operations 1281: 1248: 1194: 1108: 987: 874: 804: 758: 561: 371:a term attributed to 7264:Theory of Named Sets 6780:Combinatorial Theory 6613:. Rome: Corbelletti. 6610:Musurgia Universalis 6415:Discrete mathematics 6324:if interpreted as a 6313:does make sense for 6129:Soft fuzzy multisets 6049:relational databases 5812: 5655: 5602: 5382: 5297: 5237: 5166: 5041: 4880: 4814: 4742: 4652: 4509: 4339: 4217: 4112: 3495: 3386: 3100: 3014: 2766: 2703: 2628: 2618:multiset coefficient 2522: 2366: 2236: 2110: 1976: 1873: 1816: 1789: 1648: 1561: 1541: 1517: 1465: 1397: 1257: 1218: 1117: 1015: 938: 907:}, and the multiset 824: 793: 726: 514: 495:of a natural number 463: : a function 441:equivalence relation 235:can be denoted by . 7189:10.1155/2012/350603 7120:Multiset Processing 6823:Stanley, Richard P. 6778:Aigner, M. (1979). 6605:Kircher, Athanasius 5796:formal power series 5346:is a polynomial in 5035:generating function 4333:recurrence relation 4327:Recurrence relation 3204:. There are also 4 2757:multinomial theorem 1185: 1151: 1093: 1053: 763:is a function from 599:polynomial equation 509:prime factorization 138:has multiplicity 1. 6217:does not work for 6159:Bag-of-words model 5996: 5756: 5641: 5586: 5336: 5284:{\displaystyle k.} 5281: 5205: 5148: 5016: 4864: 4789: 4688: 4636: 4578: 4495: 4478: 4314: 4203: 4088: 4086: 3868: 3731: 3481: 3242:One simple way to 3212:of cardinality 4 ( 3174:of cardinality 2 ( 3158: 3142: 3086: 2981: 2755:that occur in the 2733: 2728: 2669: 2668: 2600: 2589: 2503:Counting multisets 2476:Two multisets are 2463: 2334:commutative monoid 2318: 2201: 2067: 1933: 1832: 1802: 1752: 1732: 1694: 1628: 1547: 1523: 1500:indicator function 1473: 1416: 1276: 1243: 1189: 1155: 1121: 1103: 1063: 1023: 982: 869: 799: 753: 681:Jordan normal form 633:minimal polynomial 579:quadratic equation 575:algebraic equation 556: 388:Athanasius Kircher 7273:978-1-61122-788-8 7137:978-3-540-43063-6 7083:Loeb, D. (1992). 6808:978-0-19-853367-2 6658:Dedekind, Richard 6487:"Multiset theory" 6399:objects m (p.85) 6353: 6352: 6310: 6309: 6247: 6246: 6214: 6213: 5909: 5728: 5626: 5578: 5562: 5556: 5449: 5438: 5406: 5321: 5190: 5143: 5086: 5029:Generating series 4998: 4951: 4904: 4846: 4774: 4602: 4577: 4533: 4477: 4457: 4410: 4363: 4296: 4241: 4192: 4136: 4079: 4028: 3871: 3614: 3595: 3559: 3523: 3464: 3425: 3338:s) in this form: 3153: 3135: 3117: 3081: 3070: 3038: 2976: 2902: 2836: 2790: 2721: 2653: 2571: 2539: 1717: 1667: 1550:{\displaystyle m} 1526:{\displaystyle A} 1361:varies over some 1298:is a multiset of 1214:} may be written 593:asserts that the 585:, or it could be 439:as a set with an 412:(1933) described 16:(Redirected from 7305: 7278: 7277: 7259: 7253: 7252: 7250: 7238: 7232: 7231: 7219: 7213: 7212: 7200: 7194: 7193: 7191: 7167: 7161: 7160: 7159:(72): 3561–3573. 7148: 7142: 7141: 7115: 7109: 7108: 7106: 7080: 7074: 7073: 7067: 7059: 7051: 7045: 7044: 7024: 7018: 7017: 7007: 6983: 6977: 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An element of 1444: 1425: 1423: 1422: 1417: 1409: 1408: 1392: 1388: 1380: 1360: 1356: 1285: 1283: 1282: 1277: 1269: 1268: 1252: 1250: 1249: 1244: 1233: 1232: 1198: 1196: 1195: 1190: 1184: 1180: 1179: 1163: 1150: 1146: 1145: 1129: 1112: 1110: 1109: 1104: 1098: 1094: 1092: 1088: 1087: 1071: 1052: 1048: 1047: 1031: 1007: 991: 989: 988: 983: 978: 977: 959: 958: 930: 918: 906: 894: 878: 876: 875: 870: 815: 808: 806: 805: 800: 785: 774: 766: 762: 760: 759: 754: 752: 751: 746: 717: 713: 686: 678: 668: 664: 660: 656: 611: 607: 588: 584: 569: 565: 563: 562: 557: 552: 551: 542: 541: 532: 531: 502: 498: 414:generalized sets 403:Richard Dedekind 304:, who described 288:coined the word 281: 277: 273: 269: 234: 218: 202: 176: 172: 168: 141:In the multiset 137: 133: 129: 114:In the multiset 110: 98: 94: 90: 74: 70: 21: 7313: 7312: 7308: 7307: 7306: 7304: 7303: 7302: 7283: 7282: 7281: 7274: 7261: 7260: 7256: 7240: 7239: 7235: 7221: 7220: 7216: 7202: 7201: 7197: 7169: 7168: 7164: 7150: 7149: 7145: 7138: 7117: 7116: 7112: 7082: 7081: 7077: 7060: 7053: 7052: 7048: 7026: 7025: 7021: 6985: 6984: 6980: 6956: 6955: 6951: 6927: 6926: 6922: 6909: 6908: 6904: 6876: 6875: 6871: 6864: 6851: 6850: 6846: 6839: 6821: 6820: 6816: 6809: 6792: 6791: 6787: 6777: 6776: 6772: 6763: 6759: 6737: 6736: 6732: 6717:10.2307/1968168 6700: 6699: 6695: 6677: 6676: 6669: 6656: 6655: 6651: 6638: 6637: 6633: 6623: 6622: 6618: 6603: 6602: 6598: 6588: 6587: 6583: 6569: 6568: 6561: 6551: 6550: 6546: 6528: 6527: 6514: 6484: 6483: 6479: 6472: 6448: 6447: 6438: 6431: 6410: 6409: 6405: 6393:on 2011-06-10. 6375: 6374: 6370: 6366: 6361: 6360: 6329: 6314: 6286: 6282: 6251: 6232: 6225: 6218: 6190: 6188: 6184: 6179: 6139: 6114:Rough multisets 6111:Fuzzy multisets 6098: 6096:Generalizations 6090:linear operator 6041: 6028: 6018: 6014: 6010: 5968: 5940: 5927: 5880: 5852: 5827: 5810: 5809: 5783: 5781: 5743: 5715: 5711: 5707: 5670: 5653: 5652: 5613: 5609: 5605: 5600: 5599: 5515: 5456: 5441: 5426: 5393: 5389: 5385: 5380: 5379: 5378:, or complex): 5371: 5367: 5364: 5355: 5347: 5308: 5304: 5300: 5295: 5294: 5265: 5246: 5235: 5234: 5232:polynomial ring 5223: 5219: 5177: 5173: 5169: 5164: 5163: 5132: 5119: 5101: 5073: 5069: 5065: 5039: 5038: 5031: 4984: 4977: 4973: 4969: 4940: 4930: 4926: 4922: 4891: 4887: 4883: 4878: 4877: 4832: 4825: 4821: 4817: 4812: 4811: 4807: 4803: 4799:possibilities. 4763: 4753: 4749: 4745: 4740: 4739: 4732: 4728: 4724: 4720: 4709: 4699: 4650: 4649: 4589: 4585: 4581: 4520: 4516: 4512: 4507: 4506: 4443: 4436: 4432: 4428: 4399: 4389: 4385: 4381: 4350: 4346: 4342: 4337: 4336: 4329: 4285: 4274: 4267: 4263: 4259: 4228: 4224: 4220: 4215: 4214: 4181: 4174: 4163: 4123: 4119: 4115: 4110: 4109: 4108:can be written 4105: 4101: 4085: 4084: 4062: 4045: 4034: 4033: 3957: 3888: 3877: 3876: 3754: 3637: 3626: 3625: 3601: 3580: 3572: 3546: 3538: 3510: 3506: 3502: 3493: 3492: 3444: 3437: 3414: 3397: 3390: 3384: 3383: 3379: 3375: 3371: 3367: 3363: 3356: 3349: 3342: 3335: 3331: 3327: 3323: 3247: 3236: 3232: 3228: 3224: 3213: 3209: 3201: 3197: 3193: 3189: 3182: 3175: 3171: 3145: 3130: 3104: 3098: 3097: 3073: 3058: 3025: 3021: 3017: 3012: 3011: 2997: 2993: 2968: 2909: 2875: 2849: 2816: 2809: 2777: 2773: 2769: 2764: 2763: 2708: 2701: 2700: 2696: 2692: 2691:" to resemble " 2688: 2684: 2640: 2636: 2632: 2626: 2625: 2622:multiset number 2613: 2609: 2606: 2558: 2554: 2550: 2526: 2520: 2519: 2517: 2515: 2505: 2419: 2397: 2369: 2364: 2363: 2359: 2355: 2351: 2283: 2261: 2239: 2234: 2233: 2229: 2225: 2221: 2163: 2141: 2113: 2108: 2107: 2103: 2099: 2095: 2029: 2007: 1979: 1974: 1973: 1969: 1965: 1961: 1898: 1876: 1871: 1870: 1860: 1856: 1848: 1819: 1814: 1813: 1792: 1787: 1786: 1782: 1778: 1774: 1762:is finite. The 1733: 1695: 1646: 1645: 1597: 1559: 1558: 1539: 1538: 1534: 1515: 1514: 1488: 1463: 1462: 1458: 1454: 1451:natural numbers 1442: 1439: 1400: 1395: 1394: 1390: 1386: 1378: 1369: 1358: 1355: 1345: 1336: 1260: 1255: 1254: 1224: 1216: 1215: 1171: 1137: 1115: 1114: 1079: 1039: 1022: 1018: 1013: 1012: 997: 996:, the multiset 969: 950: 936: 935: 920: 908: 896: 880: 822: 821: 813: 791: 790: 776: 772: 764: 741: 724: 723: 715: 703: 693: 684: 674: ×  670: 666: 662: 658: 648: 609: 605: 597:solutions of a 586: 582: 568:{2, 2, 2, 3, 5} 567: 543: 533: 523: 512: 511: 500: 496: 489: 473:natural numbers 410:Hassler Whitney 384:Marius Nizolius 346: 279: 275: 271: 243: 220: 204: 188: 174: 170: 142: 135: 131: 115: 100: 96: 92: 80: 72: 68: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 7311: 7309: 7301: 7300: 7295: 7285: 7284: 7280: 7279: 7272: 7254: 7233: 7214: 7195: 7162: 7143: 7136: 7110: 7075: 7046: 7019: 6998:(1): 346–368. 6978: 6949: 6938:(4): 209–214. 6920: 6902: 6889:(3): 570–588. 6869: 6862: 6844: 6837: 6814: 6807: 6785: 6770: 6757: 6746:(2): 171–178. 6730: 6711:(3): 405–414. 6693: 6667: 6649: 6631: 6616: 6596: 6581: 6559: 6544: 6512: 6477: 6470: 6462:Addison Wesley 6436: 6429: 6403: 6367: 6365: 6362: 6359: 6358: 6351: 6350: 6344: 6343: 6308: 6307: 6301: 6300: 6245: 6244: 6240: 6239: 6212: 6211: 6205: 6204: 6181: 6180: 6178: 6175: 6174: 6173: 6172:at Wikiversity 6161: 6156: 6151: 6146: 6138: 6135: 6134: 6133: 6130: 6127: 6126:Soft multisets 6124: 6118: 6115: 6112: 6109: 6097: 6094: 6040: 6037: 5995: 5990: 5987: 5984: 5981: 5978: 5975: 5971: 5967: 5964: 5961: 5958: 5955: 5950: 5947: 5943: 5937: 5934: 5930: 5926: 5923: 5920: 5917: 5914: 5902: 5899: 5896: 5893: 5890: 5887: 5883: 5879: 5876: 5873: 5870: 5867: 5862: 5859: 5855: 5851: 5848: 5845: 5842: 5837: 5834: 5830: 5826: 5823: 5820: 5817: 5804:exponentiation 5755: 5750: 5746: 5741: 5732: 5727: 5724: 5719: 5710: 5704: 5699: 5696: 5693: 5689: 5685: 5680: 5677: 5673: 5669: 5666: 5663: 5660: 5639: 5630: 5625: 5622: 5617: 5608: 5585: 5582: 5573: 5569: 5566: 5554: 5551: 5548: 5545: 5542: 5539: 5536: 5533: 5530: 5527: 5524: 5521: 5518: 5513: 5510: 5507: 5504: 5501: 5498: 5495: 5492: 5489: 5486: 5483: 5480: 5477: 5474: 5471: 5468: 5465: 5462: 5459: 5453: 5447: 5444: 5437: 5434: 5429: 5423: 5419: 5410: 5405: 5402: 5397: 5388: 5363: 5360: 5334: 5325: 5320: 5317: 5312: 5303: 5280: 5277: 5272: 5268: 5264: 5261: 5258: 5253: 5249: 5245: 5242: 5228:Hilbert series 5203: 5194: 5189: 5186: 5181: 5172: 5147: 5139: 5135: 5131: 5128: 5125: 5122: 5118: 5113: 5108: 5104: 5099: 5090: 5085: 5082: 5077: 5068: 5062: 5057: 5054: 5051: 5047: 5030: 5027: 5015: 5011: 5002: 4997: 4993: 4990: 4987: 4981: 4972: 4968: 4964: 4955: 4949: 4946: 4943: 4939: 4934: 4925: 4921: 4917: 4908: 4903: 4900: 4895: 4886: 4863: 4859: 4850: 4845: 4841: 4838: 4835: 4829: 4820: 4787: 4778: 4772: 4769: 4766: 4762: 4757: 4748: 4687: 4684: 4681: 4678: 4675: 4672: 4669: 4666: 4663: 4660: 4657: 4635: 4632: 4629: 4625: 4622: 4619: 4615: 4606: 4601: 4598: 4593: 4584: 4571: 4567: 4563: 4560: 4556: 4553: 4550: 4546: 4537: 4532: 4529: 4524: 4515: 4494: 4491: 4488: 4485: 4482: 4470: 4461: 4456: 4452: 4449: 4446: 4440: 4431: 4427: 4423: 4414: 4408: 4405: 4402: 4398: 4393: 4384: 4380: 4376: 4367: 4362: 4359: 4354: 4345: 4328: 4325: 4313: 4309: 4300: 4294: 4291: 4288: 4283: 4280: 4277: 4271: 4262: 4258: 4254: 4245: 4240: 4237: 4232: 4223: 4213:Additionally, 4202: 4196: 4191: 4187: 4184: 4178: 4170: 4166: 4162: 4159: 4156: 4153: 4149: 4140: 4135: 4132: 4127: 4118: 4083: 4077: 4074: 4071: 4068: 4065: 4060: 4057: 4054: 4051: 4048: 4042: 4039: 4037: 4035: 4032: 4024: 4021: 4018: 4015: 4012: 4008: 4003: 4000: 3997: 3994: 3991: 3988: 3985: 3982: 3979: 3976: 3973: 3970: 3967: 3964: 3961: 3954: 3951: 3948: 3945: 3942: 3938: 3933: 3930: 3927: 3924: 3921: 3918: 3915: 3912: 3909: 3906: 3903: 3900: 3897: 3894: 3891: 3885: 3882: 3880: 3878: 3875: 3865: 3862: 3859: 3856: 3853: 3850: 3847: 3844: 3841: 3838: 3835: 3832: 3829: 3826: 3823: 3820: 3817: 3814: 3811: 3808: 3805: 3802: 3799: 3796: 3793: 3790: 3787: 3784: 3781: 3774: 3770: 3767: 3764: 3761: 3758: 3751: 3748: 3745: 3742: 3739: 3735: 3728: 3725: 3722: 3719: 3716: 3713: 3710: 3707: 3704: 3701: 3698: 3695: 3692: 3689: 3686: 3683: 3680: 3677: 3674: 3671: 3668: 3665: 3662: 3659: 3656: 3653: 3650: 3647: 3644: 3634: 3631: 3629: 3627: 3624: 3618: 3613: 3610: 3605: 3599: 3593: 3590: 3586: 3583: 3578: 3575: 3569: 3563: 3558: 3555: 3550: 3544: 3541: 3539: 3536: 3527: 3522: 3519: 3514: 3505: 3501: 3500: 3480: 3477: 3474: 3468: 3463: 3459: 3456: 3453: 3450: 3447: 3441: 3435: 3429: 3423: 3420: 3417: 3412: 3409: 3406: 3403: 3400: 3394: 3346: 3345: 3157: 3151: 3148: 3141: 3138: 3133: 3127: 3121: 3116: 3113: 3108: 3085: 3079: 3076: 3069: 3066: 3061: 3055: 3051: 3042: 3037: 3034: 3029: 3020: 2980: 2974: 2971: 2966: 2963: 2960: 2957: 2954: 2951: 2948: 2945: 2942: 2939: 2936: 2933: 2930: 2927: 2924: 2921: 2918: 2915: 2912: 2906: 2900: 2897: 2894: 2891: 2888: 2885: 2881: 2878: 2873: 2870: 2867: 2864: 2861: 2858: 2855: 2852: 2846: 2840: 2835: 2831: 2828: 2825: 2822: 2819: 2813: 2807: 2803: 2794: 2789: 2786: 2781: 2772: 2732: 2725: 2720: 2717: 2712: 2666: 2657: 2652: 2649: 2644: 2635: 2588: 2584: 2575: 2570: 2567: 2562: 2553: 2549: 2543: 2538: 2535: 2530: 2504: 2501: 2474: 2473: 2462: 2459: 2456: 2453: 2450: 2446: 2443: 2440: 2437: 2434: 2431: 2426: 2422: 2418: 2415: 2412: 2409: 2404: 2400: 2396: 2393: 2390: 2387: 2384: 2381: 2376: 2372: 2341: 2330:disjoint union 2317: 2314: 2311: 2308: 2305: 2301: 2298: 2295: 2290: 2286: 2282: 2279: 2276: 2273: 2268: 2264: 2260: 2257: 2254: 2251: 2246: 2242: 2211: 2200: 2197: 2194: 2191: 2188: 2184: 2181: 2178: 2175: 2170: 2166: 2162: 2159: 2156: 2153: 2148: 2144: 2140: 2137: 2134: 2131: 2128: 2125: 2120: 2116: 2077: 2066: 2063: 2060: 2057: 2054: 2050: 2047: 2044: 2041: 2036: 2032: 2028: 2025: 2022: 2019: 2014: 2010: 2006: 2003: 2000: 1997: 1994: 1991: 1986: 1982: 1943: 1932: 1929: 1926: 1923: 1920: 1916: 1913: 1910: 1905: 1901: 1897: 1894: 1891: 1888: 1883: 1879: 1831: 1826: 1822: 1799: 1795: 1764:empty multiset 1751: 1748: 1745: 1740: 1736: 1730: 1727: 1724: 1720: 1716: 1713: 1710: 1707: 1702: 1698: 1692: 1689: 1686: 1683: 1680: 1677: 1674: 1670: 1666: 1662: 1658: 1654: 1640:A multiset is 1627: 1624: 1621: 1618: 1615: 1612: 1609: 1604: 1600: 1596: 1593: 1590: 1587: 1584: 1581: 1578: 1575: 1572: 1569: 1566: 1546: 1533:in a universe 1522: 1513:of a multiset 1471: 1438: 1435: 1415: 1412: 1407: 1403: 1374: 1347: 1341: 1334:indexed family 1300:indeterminates 1275: 1272: 1267: 1263: 1242: 1239: 1236: 1231: 1227: 1223: 1200: 1199: 1188: 1183: 1178: 1174: 1170: 1167: 1162: 1158: 1154: 1149: 1144: 1140: 1136: 1133: 1128: 1124: 1101: 1097: 1091: 1086: 1082: 1078: 1075: 1070: 1066: 1062: 1059: 1056: 1051: 1046: 1042: 1038: 1035: 1030: 1026: 1021: 981: 976: 972: 968: 965: 962: 957: 953: 949: 946: 943: 868: 865: 862: 859: 856: 853: 850: 847: 844: 841: 838: 835: 832: 829: 798: 750: 745: 740: 737: 734: 731: 720:underlying set 692: 689: 555: 550: 546: 540: 536: 530: 526: 522: 519: 488: 485: 455:that respects 416:("sets" whose 380:Bhāskarāchārya 345: 342: 302:Bhāskarāchārya 179: 178: 139: 130:, the element 112: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 7310: 7299: 7296: 7294: 7291: 7290: 7288: 7275: 7269: 7265: 7258: 7255: 7249: 7244: 7237: 7234: 7229: 7225: 7218: 7215: 7210: 7206: 7199: 7196: 7190: 7185: 7181: 7177: 7173: 7166: 7163: 7158: 7154: 7147: 7144: 7139: 7133: 7129: 7125: 7121: 7114: 7111: 7105: 7100: 7096: 7092: 7091: 7086: 7079: 7076: 7071: 7065: 7057: 7050: 7047: 7042: 7038: 7034: 7030: 7023: 7020: 7015: 7011: 7006: 7001: 6997: 6993: 6989: 6982: 6979: 6974: 6970: 6966: 6962: 6961: 6953: 6950: 6945: 6941: 6937: 6933: 6932: 6924: 6921: 6916: 6912: 6906: 6903: 6897: 6892: 6888: 6884: 6880: 6873: 6870: 6865: 6863:0-521-56069-1 6859: 6855: 6848: 6845: 6840: 6838:0-521-55309-1 6834: 6830: 6829: 6824: 6818: 6815: 6810: 6804: 6799: 6798: 6789: 6786: 6781: 6774: 6771: 6767: 6761: 6758: 6753: 6749: 6745: 6741: 6734: 6731: 6726: 6722: 6718: 6714: 6710: 6706: 6705: 6697: 6694: 6689: 6685: 6681: 6674: 6672: 6668: 6663: 6659: 6653: 6650: 6645: 6641: 6635: 6632: 6627: 6620: 6617: 6612: 6611: 6606: 6600: 6597: 6593:(6): 319–322. 6592: 6585: 6582: 6577: 6573: 6566: 6564: 6560: 6555: 6548: 6545: 6541:(4): 319–352. 6540: 6536: 6532: 6525: 6523: 6521: 6519: 6517: 6513: 6507: 6502: 6498: 6494: 6493: 6488: 6481: 6478: 6473: 6471:0-201-89684-2 6467: 6463: 6459: 6455: 6451: 6445: 6443: 6441: 6437: 6432: 6430:0-7637-2210-3 6426: 6422: 6417: 6416: 6407: 6404: 6400: 6398: 6392: 6388: 6387: 6382: 6378: 6377:Cantor, Georg 6372: 6369: 6363: 6349: 6346: 6345: 6341: 6337: 6334: 6333: 6327: 6321: 6317: 6306: 6303: 6302: 6298: 6294: 6291: 6290: 6280: 6279:empty product 6274: 6270: 6266: 6262: 6258: 6254: 6242: 6241: 6237: 6236: 6228: 6221: 6210: 6207: 6206: 6202: 6198: 6195: 6194: 6186: 6183: 6176: 6171: 6166: 6162: 6160: 6157: 6155: 6152: 6150: 6147: 6144: 6141: 6140: 6136: 6131: 6128: 6125: 6123: 6122:step function 6119: 6116: 6113: 6110: 6107: 6103: 6102: 6101: 6095: 6093: 6091: 6087: 6083: 6079: 6074: 6069: 6067: 6063: 6058: 6054: 6050: 6046: 6045:combinatorics 6038: 6036: 6034: 6025: 6021: 6007: 5993: 5985: 5982: 5979: 5973: 5965: 5962: 5959: 5953: 5948: 5945: 5935: 5932: 5924: 5921: 5918: 5897: 5894: 5891: 5885: 5877: 5874: 5871: 5865: 5860: 5857: 5849: 5846: 5843: 5835: 5832: 5824: 5821: 5818: 5807: 5805: 5801: 5797: 5793: 5788:| < 1 5786: 5779: 5775: 5771: 5770:Taylor series 5766: 5753: 5748: 5744: 5739: 5725: 5722: 5708: 5697: 5694: 5691: 5687: 5683: 5678: 5675: 5667: 5664: 5661: 5637: 5623: 5620: 5606: 5596: 5583: 5580: 5567: 5564: 5552: 5549: 5543: 5540: 5537: 5528: 5525: 5522: 5516: 5508: 5505: 5502: 5499: 5496: 5490: 5484: 5481: 5478: 5469: 5466: 5463: 5457: 5451: 5445: 5442: 5432: 5427: 5421: 5417: 5403: 5400: 5386: 5377: 5361: 5359: 5353: 5332: 5318: 5315: 5301: 5291: 5278: 5270: 5266: 5262: 5259: 5256: 5251: 5247: 5240: 5233: 5229: 5218: 5201: 5187: 5184: 5170: 5161: 5145: 5137: 5129: 5126: 5123: 5116: 5111: 5106: 5102: 5097: 5083: 5080: 5066: 5055: 5052: 5049: 5045: 5036: 5028: 5026: 5013: 5009: 4995: 4991: 4988: 4985: 4970: 4966: 4962: 4947: 4944: 4941: 4937: 4923: 4919: 4915: 4901: 4898: 4884: 4874: 4861: 4857: 4843: 4839: 4836: 4833: 4818: 4800: 4785: 4770: 4767: 4764: 4760: 4746: 4735: 4716: 4712: 4706: 4702: 4682: 4679: 4676: 4673: 4670: 4664: 4658: 4646: 4633: 4630: 4627: 4623: 4620: 4617: 4613: 4599: 4596: 4582: 4569: 4561: 4558: 4554: 4551: 4548: 4544: 4530: 4527: 4513: 4492: 4489: 4486: 4483: 4480: 4468: 4454: 4450: 4447: 4444: 4429: 4425: 4421: 4406: 4403: 4400: 4396: 4382: 4378: 4374: 4360: 4357: 4343: 4334: 4326: 4324: 4311: 4307: 4292: 4289: 4286: 4281: 4278: 4275: 4260: 4256: 4252: 4238: 4235: 4221: 4200: 4189: 4185: 4182: 4168: 4160: 4157: 4151: 4147: 4133: 4130: 4116: 4098: 4081: 4075: 4072: 4069: 4066: 4063: 4058: 4055: 4052: 4049: 4046: 4040: 4038: 4030: 4019: 4013: 4006: 4001: 3998: 3995: 3992: 3989: 3986: 3983: 3980: 3977: 3974: 3971: 3968: 3965: 3962: 3959: 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Index

Multisets
Multiset (abstract data type)
mathematics
set
elements
multiplicity
tuples
cardinality
Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn
Donald Knuth
Bhāskarāchārya
permutations of multisets
tally marks
AI
Peter Deutsch
Bhāskarāchārya
Marius Nizolius
Athanasius Kircher
Jean Prestet
John Wallis
Richard Dedekind
Hassler Whitney
characteristic functions
integer
category
morphisms
equivalence relation
function
natural numbers
prime factors

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