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inclusion-exclusion principle [¦in‚klü·zhən ′eks‚klü·zhən ‚prin·sə·pəl]

(mathematics)

The principle that, ifAandBare finite sets, the number of elements in the union ofAandBcan be obtained by adding the number of elements inAto the number of elements inB, and then subtracting from this sum the number of elements in the intersection ofAandB.

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inclusion-exclusion principle (redirected from Sieve principle)

inclusion-exclusion principle
(redirected from Sieve principle)