Questions tagged [combinatorics]
Questions on the use of Mathematica in combinatorics, including the Combinatorica add-on package.
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Enumeration of a certain sequence
Denote by $a(n)$ the number of families $\mathcal{F} \subseteq \mathcal{P}(X)$ on a finite set $X$ with $n$ elements satisfying:
$\emptyset, X \in \mathcal{F}$
For all $U, V \in \mathcal{F}$ it holds ...
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Code to enumerate a certain sequence
Denote by $a(n)$ the number of families $\mathcal{F} \subseteq \mathcal{P}(X)$ on a finite set $X$ with $n$ elements satisfying:
$\emptyset, X \in \mathcal{F}$
For all $U, V \in \mathcal{F}$ it holds ...
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How to get all possible sums or possiblity of sum three numbers?
Got motivation from this and I'm trying to do this:
{#1 , #2 , #3, #1 + #2 + #3}
Where #1, #2, #3 are integer numbers from 1 to ...
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Generating Lyndon words modulo mirroring operation and substituion
I have two letters A,B. I want to generate all words say up to length 22 with the following properties. There is no "canonical" list so any such list will suffice, though there are many ...
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Create list with integer partitions satisfying some conditions
I want to create a function PartSet[N_,M_] of two positive integer variables which outputs a list of all pairs of integer partitions for all integers up to $M$ ...
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Sorted Tuples without Filtering
Say I have a list $L$ where the elements can be sorted into some canonical order. I want to use Tuples[L,m] but I only want the output lists to be sorted and ...
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Using the generalised binomial theorem to expand an expression
I would like to use Mathematica to compute the following expansion: $(1+x)^\rho= 1 + \rho x +\dots$ for some $|\rho|<1$ as for example explained here. I tried the Series expansion functions ...
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Choosing numbers whose divisors can be partitioned into subsets having the equal sum
How can we find the list of natural numbers between 100 to 10000, whose positive divisors can be partitioned into three subsets such that sum of all the elements in three subsets will be equal?
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Picking integer compositions with certain descent patterns
I am trying to find a nice way to pick out all the integer compositions (ordered partitions) of an integer $n$ that satisfy a given pattern of descents between some adjacent elements. Writing a ...
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Tuples optimization challenge
Consider a function that for a given integer $0\le n <256$ computes the number of leading zeros in its binary representation.
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Choosing a subset of a set based on the sum of its elements
How can we choose a subset of a set based on the sum of the elements of the subset?
For instance,
n=6
dn=Divisors[n]
sn=DivisorSum[n,#&]
Is it possible to ...
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Combine each element with all the others in sublists
Suppose that I have a list of numbers
list = {{{1, 0}, {-1, 1}, {0, -1}}, {{-1, 0, 1}, {-1, 1, -1}, {-1, -1, 0}, {1, 1, 0}, {1, -1, 1}, {1, 0, -1}}}
I would like ...
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Enumerating labeled graphs on n vertices
I'm trying to enumerate the labeled graphs on $n$ vertices having at most $e$ edges. I thought GraphData /@ GraphData[n] and then filtering by edge count would do ...
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How can I convert sequences to sharings and vice versa?
Given positive integers $k,n$, a $k$-sequence of $I_n$ is a list of $k$ not necessarily distinct elements of $\{1,\dots, n\}$. And an $n$-sharing of $I_k$ is a list of $n$ possibly empty, disjoint ...
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Implementing summation under combinatorial restriction
For $m,n\in\mathbb N$, I am interested in the numerical evaluation of
$$f(m,n) = \sum_{s_j\in\{\pm1\}}' \prod_{k=1}^{2n-1} (1-e^{\frac{2i\pi}{m} s_k(s_{k+1}+s_{k+2}+\cdots+s_{2n})}),$$
where the ...
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Is there a Mathematica function that generates all ordered partitions?
My book defines a length $k$ ordered partition of $I_n$ as a sequence of $k$ disjoint, possibly empty subsets of $\{1,\dots, n\}$ that union up to $\{1,\dots, n\}$. Is there a mathematica function ...
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Mathematica code for q-Stirling numbers
In the paper [A new $q$-Analog of Stirling Numbers],(https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01372920/document)[PDF] J. Cigler defined $q$-Stirling numbers of the second
kind as the following:
He ...
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A code that returns the partial permutations on {1,2,...,n}
A partial permutation is a bijective partial function. A partial function is a map from a subset of {1,2,...,n} into {1,2,...,n}.
I want a list of the matrix representations of all the partial ...
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Building and Plotting a discrete CDF
I'm trying to plot the CDF of a simple "nCr" experiment:
A box contains 4 screws and 6 nails. Two items are drawn at random without replacement. Let X be the number of nails drawn.
I built a ...
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Producing a random Wang Tile tiling image more efficiently
I'm following along with this SIGGRAPH 2006 paper Recursive Wang Tiles for Real-Time Blue Noise - there's a video here too. Eventually I want to try to produce the blue noise results in the paper, and ...
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Permutations with Repetition
I am working with a function of type
F[a,b,c,d,e,f]
that obeys the following symmetries:
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Conditional Statement and Loop in Mathematica to find bound
I have a question regarding loop and conditional statements. I have an equation where I would like to find the bound for n and m based on the value of h. Here is what I have so far;
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Triangulation of Point Configuration
I was going through the documentation of Mathematica but couldn't find any built-in function that can find all possible triangulations for a given set of points.
For example, if I have the following ...
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Matroids in Mathematica?
I can't seem to find a "standard" way to implement/manipulate matroids in Mathematica. (They do not seem to be included in Combinatorica, for instance, and googling has turned up nothing.) ...
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Find different combinations of 3 lists with given constraints
My inputs are 3 lists of unequal length:
A={a,b,c,d}
B={i,j,k}
C={v,w,x,y,z}
And I want to find the combine set X which looks like
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Extract only a few coefficients of the multiple of extremely many polynomials
I want to extract some informations, say the coefficients of $x^{500}$ and $x^{1000}$ terms (numerical values are acceptable), of the multiple of
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Partition a nested list such that no repeated elements in every subsets?
I have a large list and for simplicity, let's take the simple list as an example:
lists = {{1, 2}, {1, 6}, {2, 3}, {2, 5}, {3, 4}, {3, 6}, {4, 5}, {5, 6}}
I would ...
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How do I generate a random permutation of a (long [millions-length]) list of symbols? [closed]
I have a list of length twelve:
p = {t[1, 1], t[1, 2], t[1, 3], t[1, 4], t[2, 2], t[2, 3], t[2, 4],
t[1, 5], t[3, 3], t[3, 4], t[1, 6], t[4, 4]}
and a set of ...
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Construct all possible 3-letter words from A,B. Repetition of letters is allowed [closed]
I have two letters A and B. I need to construct all possible 3-letter words. Repetition of letters is allowed. I know that the answer to this problem is 2^3=8. But ...
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Fast enumeration of all perfect matchings in complete graph
I have a code that generates the list with all possible Perfect Matchings (PM) of a fully connected graph. Each edge of the graph is mono or bi-colored with up to ...
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Finding all Latin Squares of order 5
A Latin Square is a square of size n × n containing numbers 1 to n inclusive. Each number occurs once in each row and column.
An example of a 3 × 3 Latin Square is:
$$
\left(
\begin{array}{ccc}
1 &...
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Edge thickness in directed path graph doesn't respond
I have the following code to draw a lattice path in 3D:
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Count number of balls in each bin, given a two-element sequence of balls and bins
If I have a list:
{ball,ball,BINDIVIDER,ball,ball,ball,BINDIVIDER,BINDIVIDER,ball,BINDIVIDER,ball}
The balls and bins can be in any permutation.
Then, the ...
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How to create all possible permutations? [closed]
there is a problem:
I have 5 letters - a,b,c,d,e and 20 places. I have to use each letter at least once but no more than 10 times. So the result can look like {a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,b,b,b,b,b,b,b,c,d,e},...
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How to generate all the combinations with repetition and another conditions? [duplicate]
I want to generate all the combinations with repetition for k variables with values from a set of n elements.
There are some ways, I like this formula, which I found on this forum (it is for n = 2 and ...
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Transform a number to a factorial
I came across the need to transform a number into a factorial n, with positive integer n. I have searched in the MMA information but I can't find anything like that.
I imagine an input, which verifies ...
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Splitting balls over sized bins
This is strongly related to Splitting a set of integers over a set of bins, but a much simpler case.
If we have $N$ indistinguishable balls and $k$ arbitrarily large distinguishable bins, we know the ...
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Splitting a set of integers over a set of bins
I have a problem that feels like it should be simple but I'm just drawing a blank on. I've got a set of integers, e.g.
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Generating representatives of rotation classes of tuples of ones and zeros with a fixed number of ones
In a related question I asked how to generate all the tuples of ones and zeroes with a fixed number of ones (generating tuples of ones and zeroes with a fixed number of ones). I wish to consider a ...
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generating tuples of ones and zeroes with a fixed number of ones
I would like to generate all the tuples of ones and zeros of a given length and with a given number of ones without generating all the possible tuples, which is impossible for tuples of large enough ...
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How to efficiently replace the repetitive sequence?
The problem is how to determine the repetitive sequences and replace the part with consecutive sequences
For example:
A={{1,3,4},{2,3,5},{1,6}}
Then, detect there ...
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How many graphs are there on 4 nodes with degrees 1, 1, 2, 2?
I know just the basic operations on graphs using Mathematica. But I want to know how to write a code that prints all the possible combinations of a graph with a specified number of edges.
Take for ...
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Scan through (partial) tuples
I have a list of list of positive integers $s = \{s_1, s_2, ..., s_k\}$, each list $s_i$ is possibly of different lengths, and I want to find out if there exists a $k$-tuple of the $s_i$ that sums ...
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Custom Table, for iterating over permutations
It is common that I iterate over all permutations of 1,2...,n, either by making a table or performing a sum.
Instead of creating the set of all permutations, it would be better to iterate over them.
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How to delete duplicate graphics of the same kind?
A054247: Number of n X n binary matrices under action of dihedral group of the square D_4.
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How to solve this problem by the way of saving memory?
Eight different boys and five different girls are in a row. Girls are required to be next to each other. How many ways are there (the answer is $9!\times5!$)?
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