In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, User968758 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The following result seems applicable here. >There are n+r-1 choose r-1 (binomial coefficient) distinct nonnegative >integer-valued vectors (x1,...,xr) satisfying >x1+...+xr = n. >You have r=9, n=36.
This was my initial thought too, but it's not true. Some solutions are infeasible. x1=n, x2=...=xr=0, for instance. . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
