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21/52<strong>Fast</strong> <strong>Exponential</strong>-<strong>Time</strong> <strong>Algorithms</strong>Inclusion ExclusionInclusion Exclusion FormulaFor a positive integer k, let c k = c k (S) denote the number of(possibly overlapping) k-covers, that is the number of ways <strong>to</strong>choose S 1 , S 2 , . . . , S k ∈ S with replacement such thatS 1 ∪ S 2 ∪ · · · ∪ S k = U.The number of k-covers c k can be computed as followsInclusion Exclusion Formulac k = ∑ (−1) |X | s[X ] kX ⊆U

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