Permutation Problems and Special Functions
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Mathematical Society in Canadian Journal of Mathematics
- Vol. 28 (4) , 853-874
- https://doi.org/10.4153/cjm-1976-082-8
Abstract
Suppose we have n events Ai, … , An and let p(Aj1 … , Ajk) be the probability that the events Ah, . . . , Ajk occur jointly. The probability P0 that none of Ai, . . . , An occur is given by Poincaré's formula, the probabilistic version of the principle of inclusion and exclusion:Keywords
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