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Interesting metaphors.smiley  Generating functions seemed magical to me the first time I saw them demonstrated.  Along with usable numbers popping up like dandelions in May, I actually understood the counting methods used for its derivation, without having to spend hours studying. That was magical for sure.  My mentor, Lancelot Link, who taught the concepts to me wasn’t completely human, and he certainly was from high-up and far-out, but not quite to outer space –though I still do wonder sometimes.indecision

 

In the case of this OP, while I’m sure he doesn’t (and never will) understand the counting methods for generating functions; he does know what they are. Twice, here and here, he’s referenced this post  https://web2.0calc.com/questions/probability_882, where Nauseated uses a generating function for type 2 Sterling numbers to solve a dice probability problem.

 

Of course this OP is the one of the forum’s principal (higher functioning) village idiots, the arch idiot, !!!Mr. BB!  (Triple Deranged Mr. BB!). Because he has such an affinity for generating functions, I thought it apropos to use one to solve a combination problem he posted. 

 

Mr. BB likes to solve math problems using his computer, but his coding skills are as dubious as his math skills and he screws-it-up almost all the time. The “lexicographic” output list, which isn’t lexicographic at all, is his work via his computer.  He looks at this slop output, and though on some level knowing it’s wrong, still believes there are gold nuggets hidden in them-there iterations.  So in the guise of a student, he presents a question on the forum, in the hopes that a high-level mathematician will answer it. ...

 

...  One did: you. Mr. BB then presents his non-lexicographic, slop output list as an official answer, in the hopes that your advanced skills will magically detect a unique pattern buried in the rubbish that will give it some validity.   Of course, only a god with the power to change mathematical and physical constants could do this; unfortunately, most of them disappeared with the ancient Greeks. Something Mr. BB has lamented cryingabout for years, I’m sure.

 

 ... And the cycle begins again...

 

 

GA     

Apr 4, 2019

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