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💡 Pro tip: This is one of those techniques that will make you look like a data science wizard! Introduction to Enumeration - Made Simple!

Enumeration is a fundamental concept in combinatorics that involves counting distinct objects or arrangements. In this course, we’ll explore various enumeration techniques using Python to implement and visualize these concepts.

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def factorial(n):
    if n == 0 or n == 1:
        return 1
    else:
        return n * factorial(n - 1)

# Example: Calculate 5!
result = factorial(5)
print(f"5! = {result}")  # Output: 5! = 120

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🎉 You’re doing great! This concept might seem tricky at first, but you’ve got this! Permutations - Made Simple!

Permutations are arrangements of objects where order matters. We’ll use Python to calculate and generate permutations.

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import itertools

def calculate_permutations(items, r):
    return list(itertools.permutations(items, r))

# Example: Generate all permutations of 'ABC'
items = ['A', 'B', 'C']
perms = calculate_permutations(items, len(items))
print(f"Permutations of {items}: {perms}")
print(f"Number of permutations: {len(perms)}")

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✨ Cool fact: Many professional data scientists use this exact approach in their daily work! Combinations - Made Simple!

Combinations are selections of objects where order doesn’t matter. Let’s implement a function to calculate combinations.

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import math

def calculate_combinations(n, r):
    return math.comb(n, r)

# Example: Calculate C(5,2)
n, r = 5, 2
result = calculate_combinations(n, r)
print(f"C({n},{r}) = {result}")  # Output: C(5,2) = 10

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🔥 Level up: Once you master this, you’ll be solving problems like a pro! Binomial Coefficients - Made Simple!

Binomial coefficients represent the number of ways to choose k items from n items. We’ll use Python to calculate and visualize Pascal’s triangle.

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def pascal_triangle(n):
    triangle = [[1]]
    for _ in range(n - 1):
        row = [1]
        for j in range(1, len(triangle[-1])):
            row.append(triangle[-1][j-1] + triangle[-1][j])
        row.append(1)
        triangle.append(row)
    return triangle

# Generate and print Pascal's triangle (first 5 rows)
for row in pascal_triangle(5):
    print(" ".join(map(str, row)).center(20))

🚀 Stirling Numbers of the Second Kind - Made Simple!

Stirling numbers of the second kind count the number of ways to partition a set of n objects into k non-empty subsets.

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def stirling_second_kind(n, k):
    if k == 1 or k == n:
        return 1
    return k * stirling_second_kind(n - 1, k) + stirling_second_kind(n - 1, k - 1)

# Example: Calculate S(5,3)
n, k = 5, 3
result = stirling_second_kind(n, k)
print(f"S({n},{k}) = {result}")  # Output: S(5,3) = 25

🚀 Bell Numbers - Made Simple!

Bell numbers count the number of ways to partition a set. We’ll implement a function to calculate Bell numbers using Stirling numbers.

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def bell_number(n):
    return sum(stirling_second_kind(n, k) for k in range(1, n + 1))

# Calculate and print the first 5 Bell numbers
for i in range(1, 6):
    print(f"B({i}) = {bell_number(i)}")

🚀 Catalan Numbers - Made Simple!

Catalan numbers appear in various counting problems. Let’s implement a function to calculate Catalan numbers and explore their applications.

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def catalan_number(n):
    return math.comb(2*n, n) // (n + 1)

# Calculate and print the first 5 Catalan numbers
for i in range(5):
    print(f"C({i}) = {catalan_number(i)}")

# Example: Number of valid parentheses expressions
n = 3
print(f"Number of valid parentheses expressions with {n} pairs: {catalan_number(n)}")

🚀 Generating Functions - Made Simple!

Generating functions are powerful tools in enumeration. We’ll use SymPy to work with generating functions.

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from sympy import symbols, expand

x = symbols('x')

# Example: Generating function for the sequence 1, 1, 1, 1, ...
g = 1 / (1 - x)
print("Expansion of 1 / (1 - x):")
print(expand(g, nterms=5))  # Print first 5 terms

🚀 Recurrence Relations - Made Simple!

Recurrence relations are equations that define a sequence recursively. We’ll implement and solve simple recurrence relations.

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def fibonacci(n):
    if n <= 1:
        return n
    return fibonacci(n-1) + fibonacci(n-2)

# Generate and print the first 10 Fibonacci numbers
fib_sequence = [fibonacci(i) for i in range(10)]
print("First 10 Fibonacci numbers:", fib_sequence)

🚀 Inclusion-Exclusion Principle - Made Simple!

The Inclusion-Exclusion Principle is used to calculate the number of elements in the union of multiple sets.

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from itertools import combinations

def inclusion_exclusion(universal, *sets):
    result = len(universal)
    for r in range(1, len(sets) + 1):
        for combo in combinations(sets, r):
            intersection = set.intersection(*combo)
            result += (-1)**r * len(intersection)
    return result

# Example: Students taking different subjects
students = set(range(1, 101))  # 100 students
math = set(range(1, 71))       # 70 students take math
physics = set(range(1, 51))    # 50 students take physics
chemistry = set(range(1, 41))  # 40 students take chemistry

result = inclusion_exclusion(students, math, physics, chemistry)
print(f"Number of students taking at least one subject: {result}")

🚀 Partitions - Made Simple!

A partition of a positive integer n is a way of writing n as a sum of positive integers. Let’s implement a function to generate all partitions of a number.

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def generate_partitions(n):
    def partition(n, max_val, prefix):
        if n == 0:
            yield prefix
        for i in range(min(max_val, n), 0, -1):
            yield from partition(n - i, i, prefix + [i])

    return list(partition(n, n, []))

# Example: Generate all partitions of 5
partitions = generate_partitions(5)
print("Partitions of 5:")
for p in partitions:
    print(f"{5} = {' + '.join(map(str, p))}")

🚀 Burnside’s Lemma - Made Simple!

Burnside’s Lemma is used in group theory to count the number of orbits of a group action. We’ll implement a simple example.

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def gcd(a, b):
    while b:
        a, b = b, a % b
    return a

def burnside_necklaces(n, k):
    total = sum(k ** (gcd(i, n)) for i in range(1, n + 1))
    return total // n

# Example: Count the number of distinct necklaces with 4 beads and 3 colors
n, k = 4, 3
result = burnside_necklaces(n, k)
print(f"Number of distinct necklaces with {n} beads and {k} colors: {result}")

🚀 Real-life Example: Seating Arrangements - Made Simple!

Let’s consider a real-life example of enumeration: seating arrangements at a dinner party.

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def dinner_party_seatings(n):
    return factorial(n - 1)

# Example: Calculate seating arrangements for 8 people at a round table
guests = 8
arrangements = dinner_party_seatings(guests)
print(f"Number of seating arrangements for {guests} people: {arrangements}")

# Bonus: Generate a random seating arrangement
import random

def random_seating(guests):
    seats = list(range(1, guests))
    random.shuffle(seats)
    return [1] + seats  # Host always sits at position 1

print("Random seating arrangement:", random_seating(guests))

🚀 Real-life Example: Password Combinations - Made Simple!

Another practical application of enumeration is in calculating the number of possible passwords.

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def password_combinations(length, char_types):
    return sum(math.comb(length, i) * (char_types ** i) for i in range(1, length + 1))

# Example: Calculate password combinations for a 8-character password
# with at least one lowercase, one uppercase, one digit, and one special character
length = 8
char_types = 4  # lowercase, uppercase, digits, special characters

combinations = password_combinations(length, char_types)
print(f"Number of possible {length}-character passwords: {combinations:,}")

# Estimate time to brute-force (assuming 1 billion attempts per second)
time_seconds = combinations / 1_000_000_000
print(f"Time to brute-force: {time_seconds:.2f} seconds")

🚀 Additional Resources - Made Simple!

For further exploration of enumeration techniques and combinatorics, consider these resources:

1. “Enumerative Combinatorics” by Richard P. Stanley (Cambridge University Press)
2. “A Course in Enumeration” by Martin Aigner (Springer)
3. “Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science” by Ronald L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth, and Oren Patashnik (Addison-Wesley)
4. ArXiv.org: “Combinatorial Species and Tree-like Structures” by F. Bergeron, G. Labelle, and P. Leroux (https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9805066)
5. ArXiv.org: “Analytic Combinatorics: A Calculus of Discrete Structures” by Philippe Flajolet and Robert Sedgewick (https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.0260)

🎊 Awesome Work!

You’ve just learned some really powerful techniques! Don’t worry if everything doesn’t click immediately - that’s totally normal. The best way to master these concepts is to practice with your own data.

What’s next? Try implementing these examples with your own datasets. Start small, experiment, and most importantly, have fun with it! Remember, every data science expert started exactly where you are right now.

Keep coding, keep learning, and keep being awesome! 🚀