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# Recent questions in Combinatory

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Let $S$ be a set of consisting of $10$ elements. The number of tuples of the form $(A,B)$ such that $A$ and $B$ are subsets of $S$, and $A \subseteq B$ is ___________
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There are $6$ jobs with distinct difficulty levels, and $3$ computers with distinct processing speeds. Each job is assigned to a computer such that: The fastest computer gets the toughest job and the slowest computer gets the easiest job. Every computer gets at least one job. The number of ways in which this can be done is ___________.
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For two n-bit strings x, y ∈ {0, 1}n, define z := x ⊕ y to be the bitwise XOR of the two strings (that is, if xi, yi, zi denote the i-th bits of x, y, z respectively, then zi = xi + yi mod 2). A function h : {0, 1}n → {0, 1}n is called linear if h(x ⊕ y) = h(x) ⊕ h(y), for every x, y ∈ {0, 1}n. The number of such linear functions for n ≥ 2: 2^n 2^2n 2^(n+1) n
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How many ways are there to pack six copies of the same book into four identical boxes, where a box can contain as many as six books? $4$ $6$ $7$ $9$
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15. a) How many cards must be chosen from a standard deck of 52 cards to guarantee that at least two of the four aces are chosen? b) How many cards must be chosen from a standard deck of 52 cards to guarantee that at least two of the four aces and at least ... many cards must be chosen from a standard deck of 52 cards to guarantee that there are at least two cards of each of two different kinds?
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How many pairs $(x,y)$ such that $x+y <= k$, where x y and k are integers and $x,y>=0, k > 0$. Solve by summation rules. Solve by combinatorial argument.
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Solve the recurrence relation for the number of rounds in the tournament described in question $14.$
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How many rounds are in the elimination tournament described in question $14$ when there are $32$ teams?
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Suppose that there are $n = 2^{k}$ teams in an elimination tournament, where there are $\frac{n}{2}$ games in the first round, with the $\frac{n}{2} = 2^{k-1}$ winners playing in the second round, and so on. Develop a recurrence relation for the number of rounds in the tournament.
10
Give a big-O estimate for the function $f$ given below if $f$ is an increasing function. $f (n) = 2f (n/3) + 4 \:\text{with}\: f (1) = 1.$
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11
Find $f (n)$ when $n = 3k,$ where $f$ satisfies the recurrence relation $f (n) = 2f (n/3) + 4 \:\text{with}\: f (1) = 1.$
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Give a big-O estimate for the function $f$ in question $10$ if $f$ is an increasing function.
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Find $f (n)$ when $n = 2^{k},$ where $f$ satisfies the recurrence relation $f (n) = f (n/2) + 1 \:\text{with}\: f (1) = 1.$
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Suppose that $f (n) = f (n/5) + 3n^{2}$ when $n$ is a positive integer divisible by $5, \:\text{and}\: f (1) = 4.$ Find $f (5)$ $f (125)$ $f (3125)$
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Suppose that $f (n) = 2f (n/2) + 3$ when $n$ is an even positive integer, and $f (1) = 5.$ Find $f (2)$ $f (8)$ $f (64)$ $(1024)$
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Suppose that $f (n) = f (n/3) + 1$ when $n$ is a positive integer divisible by $3,$ and $f (1) = 1.$ Find $f (3)$ $f (27)$ $f (729)$
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How many operations are needed to multiply two $32 \times 32$ matrices using the algorithm referred to in Example $5?$
Determine a value for the constant C in Example $4$ and use it to estimate the number of bit operations needed to multiply two $64$-bit integers using the fast multiplication algorithm.
Multiply $(1110)_{2} \:\text{and}\: (1010)_{2}$ using the fast multiplication algorithm.