combinatorics
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- noun
- /ˌkɒmbɪˈnætərɪks/
- Specialized
- Understanding combinatorics can help in determining the most efficient way to organize data.
- combinatorics and graph theory
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Watch on YouTubeSo combinatorics to me is, is the study of things where they might be more finite and more discreet.
- So combinatorics to me is, is the study of things where they might be more finite and more discreet.
- But I, I believe that combinatorics blow up so quickly.
- So these people who do combinatorics, they know stuff that the rest of us don't.
Examples
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I'll admit that my own limited experience of these competitions is that they overemphasize a kind of tricky combinatorics and facility with certain inequalities and problem-solving tricks.
Blog text (29) -
It comes as no surprise that Queneau's fervent interest was in combinatorics, the recursive generation of series.
Academic text (1996) -
We're going to have to do some combinatorics to to find that out.
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This article from Contemporary Combinatorics seems to be the most recent treatment.
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But my training is in combinatorics, which is just a fancy word for counting.
Blog text (5) -
But she should have known that tic-tac-toe is based on combinatorics and graph theory.
Fiction book (2001) -
He has a PhD in combinatorics from Cambridge.
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Combinatorics is essential for solving problems related to arranging combinatorics objects in different ways.
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In combinatorics, we study how to count the number of ways to choose items from a larger set.
Surface Forms
Morphology
combinatorics = combination (transparent) = combin + ics
Formed from the concept 'combination' plus the discipline-forming suffix '-ics', so the meaning 'study of combinations' is directly inferable.
Etymology
Combinatorics comes from the common verb combine and the prefix com- meaning 'together'. So, Combinatorics is the part of math that studies how things can be put together in different ways and counted.