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Re: Matrix of possible combinations of N elements

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• Subject: [mg31895] Re: Matrix of possible combinations of N elements
• From: atelesforos at hotmail.com (Orestis Vantzos)
• Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 06:14:35 -0500 (EST)
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It does pay to be more specific (and true to mathematical notation),
when asking mathematical questions.
Anyway, if what you realy want is the 'combinations of the set
{A,B,C,D}', here they are:
In[29]:=
                                          4
Module[{indices = IntegerDigits[Range[0, 4 ], 4]}, 
 
  combinations = Union[Union /@ indices] + 1; ({A, B, C, D}[[#1]] & )
/@ combinations]

Out[29]=
{{A}, {B}, {C}, {D}, {A, B}, {A, C}, {A, D}, {B, C}, {B, D}, {C, D},
{A, B, C}, {A, B, D}, {A, C, D}, {B, C, D}, {A, B, C, D}}

Combinations of a set are all the ways in which someone can take some
elements and drop others, whereas Permutations are all the ways in
which someone can 'shuffle' a given set, changing the order of its
elements.
Orestis

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  • Matrix of possible combinations of N elements
    • From: "Per Schjetne" <per.schjetne@dmhuset.no>