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#151 2012-05-02 03:24:47

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Re: Generating Functions

Naturals.


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#152 2012-05-02 03:47:02

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#153 2012-05-02 03:49:58

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How did you get that?


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#154 2012-05-02 03:52:51

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It is in any combinatoric book. Partitions are huge since Euler's time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_ … _theory%29


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#155 2012-05-02 05:57:06

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Ok,so the other book was right. I just couldn't understand rhe meaning behind it.


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#156 2012-05-02 07:36:10

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Re: Generating Functions

Both are good.


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#157 2012-05-02 08:20:23

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Re: Generating Functions

Which both? You don't know which the other book is.

Have you got any of those fruit problems?


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#158 2012-05-02 08:23:26

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What fruit problems? What other book?


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#159 2012-05-02 08:35:43

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Something whit choosing apples,pears,oranges,etc. so that some conditions are satisfied.


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#160 2012-05-02 08:40:25

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That will be a very hard one to solve.


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#161 2012-05-02 08:50:30

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Do you have any problems of that kind?


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#162 2012-05-02 08:51:01

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Dozens but none of them are as tough as that one.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#163 2012-05-02 08:55:53

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No. That is an outline of the type of problems. Can you post some of those?


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#164 2012-05-02 08:57:09

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Oh, I thought that the some conditions were not to be given to you.


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#165 2012-05-02 08:58:36

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No,no. They are given. So could you post some of those problems?


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#166 2012-05-02 08:59:26

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Re: Generating Functions

How about you post it since you are looking at it.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#167 2012-05-02 09:06:56

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Here it is,but it is the only one I have:

In how many ways can you fill a bag with n fruits,if you have only apples,pears,bananas and oranges and the following must be true:
1)The number of apples is even;
2)The number of pears is divisible by 5;
3)There are at most 4 oranges;
4)There is at most one banana.

I know how to do this one,so I would like some more complicated conditions.

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#168 2012-05-02 09:08:41

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Re: Generating Functions

You know how? I am from Missouri!


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#169 2012-05-02 09:09:20

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Re: Generating Functions

Aren't you from Nevada?


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#170 2012-05-02 09:13:01

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Me Pappy is from Alabama which is darn close to Missouri. Also I drove through that state once and had a darn good T-Bone steak.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#171 2012-05-02 09:13:50

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Re: Generating Functions

Wait,are you questioning my ability to solve this?


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#172 2012-05-02 09:14:51

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Re: Generating Functions

Missouri is called the "Show Me State," so...


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#173 2012-05-02 09:19:38

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Re: Generating Functions

Aham... The first GF has only even powers so it's 1/(1-x**2).

The second one has only powers that are divisible by 5 so it's 1/(1-x**5).

The third one has only powers from 0 through 4 i.e. 1+x+x**2+x**3+x**4.

The last,but not least,the GF that has only powers 0 and 1 i.e. 1+x.

We multiply them out,se that the coeff with x**n is n+1 so that is our answer.


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The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#174 2012-05-02 09:24:19

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Re: Generating Functions

The last two are correct but put them in closed form.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#175 2012-05-02 09:28:00

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Re: Generating Functions

Oh,yeah. (1-x**5)/(1-x) and 1+x.


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