Permutations and Combinations
Description
The following Sage interact computes
(1)\begin{align} _n P_r = \frac{n!}{(n - r)!} \quad \text{and} \quad _n C_r = \frac{n!}{r!(n - r)!}. \end{align}
The default values are $n = 5$ and $r = 2$.
Sage Cell
Code
@interact
def _(n = input_box(default=5), r=input_box(default=2)):
P = factorial(n)/factorial(n - r)
C = P/factorial(r)
pretty_print(html(r"$n = %s$" %n))
pretty_print(html(r"$r = %s$" %latex(r)))
pretty_print(html(r"${}_n P_r = %s$" % latex(P)))
pretty_print(html(r"${}_n C_r = %s$" %latex(C)))
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Primary Tags: interacts, combinatorics
Secondary Tags: permutations, combinations
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Author: T. Judson
Date: 21 Jul 2017 08:20
Submitted by: Tom Judson