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#1 2012-12-11 06:59:20

jacks
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sum of subsets

Consider all

non empty subsets  of the set
.

For every subset we find the product of each of these elements.

Sum of all these products is?

Last edited by jacks (2012-12-11 06:59:38)

#2 2012-12-11 07:46:45

bobbym
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Re: sum of subsets

Hi;

I am getting (n+1)! - 1 but I do not know of a proof of that.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.

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