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Counting subspaces of a finite vector space

Combinatorics 2011-02-01 v2

Abstract

In this expository article, we discuss the relation between the Gaussian binomial and multinomial coefficients and ordinary binomial and multinomial coefficients from a combinatorial viewpoint, based on expositions by Butler, Knuth and Stanley.

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@article{arxiv.1006.2193,
  title  = {Counting subspaces of a finite vector space},
  author = {Amritanshu Prasad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.2193},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

15 pages, 3 figures, corrected version

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