Lecture 1: Pigeonhole Principle

MIT 18.200 Principles of Discrete Applied Mathematics, Spring 2024
Instructor: Ankur Moitra
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We first describe the mechanics of the course. We then discuss the pigeonhole principle, explaining what it is and giving several surprising applications of it. The we briefly discuss foundations of probability and sample spaces.

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