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== Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion ==
== Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion ==
For an <math>I\subseteq\{1,2,\ldots,n\}</math>, we denote
:<math>A_I=\bigcap_{i\in I}A_i</math>.
{{Theorem|Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion|
:Let <math>A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_n</math> be a family of subsets of <math>U</math>. Then the number of elements of <math>U</math> which lie in none of the subsets <math>A_i</math> is
::<math>\sum_{I\subseteq\{1,\ldots, n\}}(-1)^{|I|}|A_I|</math>.
}}


== Permutations ==
== Permutations ==

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Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion

For an [math]\displaystyle{ I\subseteq\{1,2,\ldots,n\} }[/math], we denote

[math]\displaystyle{ A_I=\bigcap_{i\in I}A_i }[/math].
Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion
Let [math]\displaystyle{ A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_n }[/math] be a family of subsets of [math]\displaystyle{ U }[/math]. Then the number of elements of [math]\displaystyle{ U }[/math] which lie in none of the subsets [math]\displaystyle{ A_i }[/math] is
[math]\displaystyle{ \sum_{I\subseteq\{1,\ldots, n\}}(-1)^{|I|}|A_I| }[/math].

Permutations

Partitions

Posets and Möbius function