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Many problems in combinatorics, number theory, probability theory, reliability theory and statistics can be solved by applying a unifying method, which is known as the principle of inclusion-exclusion. The principle of inclusion-exclusion expresses the indicator function of a union of finitely many sets as an alternating sum of indicator functions of their intersections.
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Dohmen, K. (2003). 1 Introduction and Overview. In: Improved Bonferroni Inequalities via Abstract Tubes. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1826. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39399-3_1
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