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What's the term to describe this combination?

There are 4 items: 1, 2, 3, and 4. If we just allow the following combinations, what should we call them? I forgot it. Is it called nCr?

1 2 3 4
1 2 3
1 2 4
2 3 4
1 2
1 3
1 4
2 3
2 4
3 4
1
2
3
4
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developer.cyrus Avatar asked May 28 '10 06:05

developer.cyrus


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1 Answers

That's the power set. Note that the power set also contains the empty set.

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Bart Kiers Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 10:10

Bart Kiers