Enumerate (original) (raw)

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Algebra Applied Mathematics Calculus and Analysis Discrete Mathematics Foundations of Mathematics Geometry History and Terminology Number Theory Probability and Statistics Recreational Mathematics Topology

Alphabetical Index New in MathWorld

• Discrete Mathematics
• Combinatorics
• Enumeration
• Number Theory
• Generating Functions

To enumerate a set of objects satisfying some set of properties means to explicitly produce a listing of all such objects. The problem of determining or counting all such solutions is known as the enumeration problem.

A generating function

is said to enumerate (Hardy 1999, p. 85).

See also

Combinatorics, Enumeration Problem, Generating Function

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References

Hardy, G. H. Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work, 3rd ed. New York: Chelsea, 1999.

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Subject classifications

• Discrete Mathematics
• Combinatorics
• Enumeration
• Number Theory
• Generating Functions