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Lecture 5: More Counting and Generating Functions
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MIT 18.200 Principles of Discrete Applied Mathematics, Spring 2024
Instructor: Peter Shor
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We prove the Cayley tree theorem by counting in two ways. We then explain the basics of generating functions — what is a generating function, and how we combine two generating functions (e.g. adding them and multiplying them).
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