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Combinations Are Just Permutations That Forgot Their Order

How dropping the order requirement connects permutations to subsets, and why binary strings, grid paths, and choosing teams are all the same problem

... 3/18/26 Discrete Math for Algorithms
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Counting Gets Interesting When Things Start Repeating

Why counting "at least one" is harder than it looks, how overcounting sneaks in, and what anagrams reveal about arranging things that aren't all unique

... 3/18/26 Discrete Math for Algorithms