18.200 | Spring 2024 | Undergraduate

Principles of Discrete Applied Mathematics

Lecture 3: Inclusion-Exclusion

We explain and prove the inclusion-exclusion principle and apply it to the hat check problem. We go over the coupon collector’s problem. We define what independence of random variables means.

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