Another way to count the number of nonnegative integral solutions to an equation of the

Chapter 9, Problem 7

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Another way to count the number of nonnegative integral solutions to an equation of the form \(x_{1}+x_{2}+· · ·+x_{n} =m\) is to reduce the problem to one of finding the number of ntuples (\(y_{1}, y_{2}, . . . , y_{n}\)) with \(0 ≤ y_{1} ≤ y_{2} ≤ · · · ≤ y_{n} ≤ m\). The reduction results from letting \(y_{i} = x_{1} + x_{2} +· · ·+ x_{i}\) for each i = 1, 2, . . . , n. Use this approach to derive a general formula for the number of nonnegative integral solutions to \(x_{1} + x_{2} +· · ·+ x_{n} = m\).

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x_1+x_2+· · ·+x_n =m

y_1, y_2, . . . , y_n

0 ≤ y_1 ≤ y_2 ≤ · · · ≤ y_n ≤ m

y_i = x_1 + x_2 +· · ·+ x_i

x_1 + x_2 +· · ·+ x_n = m

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