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Tool for calculating the rank of a mathematical combination (or conversely, calculating a combination from a rank), that is, the position of a combination in the growing list of possible combinations generated.

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# Combination Rank

## Combination from Rank Calculator

Tool for calculating the rank of a mathematical combination (or conversely, calculating a combination from a rank), that is, the position of a combination in the growing list of possible combinations generated.

## Answers to Questions

### How to calculate the rank of a combination?

The rank of a combination is the position of a combination in the list of all possible combinations sorted in ascending order.

Example: All combinations of 4 choose 2 are: (1,2),(1,3),(1,4),(2,3),(2,4),(3,4), therefore the rank of the combination (1,2) is 1, the rank of the combination (2,4) is 5

With $$c_i$$ the elements in increasing order $$c_1, c_2, \cdots, c_k$$ of a combination of $$k$$ elements among $$n$$ the total number of elements, the formula for calculate rank without listing all combinations is $$\binom{n}{k} - \binom{n-c_1}{k} + \binom{n-c_2}{k-1} + \cdots + \binom{n-c_k}{1}$$

Example: The combination rank (1,3) among the combinations $$\binom{2}{4}$$ is computed $$\binom{2}{4} - \binom {3}{2} - \binom{1}{1} = 6 - 3 - 1 = 2$$ so (1,3) is at rank 2.

### How to calculate a combination from its rank?

! This method calculates the minimal combination minimizing $$n$$ (ie, with the smallest numbers) for a given size $$k$$.

To compute a combination from a rank $$r$$, knowing the number of element $$k$$ of the combination, repeat the following algorithm:

1 - Calculate the largest number $$i$$, such that the number of combinations $$\binom{k}{i}$$ is less than or equal to the rank $$r$$.

2 - Add $$i$$ at the beginning of the combination, subtract the value $$\binom{k}{i}$$ from $$r$$ and decrement $$k$$ by $$1$$

3 - Repeat steps 1 and 2 as long as $$k > 0$$

Example: For a rank $$r = 5$$ and a combination of $$k = 2$$ elements
Step 1 - calculate $$\binom{2}{2} = 1 < r$$, $$\binom{2}{3} = 3 < r$$ then $$\binom {2}{4} = 6 > r$$
Step 2 - Combination = (4), $$r = 5-3 = 2$$, $$k = 1$$
Step 1' - calculate $$\binom{1}{2} = 2 <= r$$
Step 2' - Combination = (2,4) , $$r = 1$$, $$k = 0$$ - End
So the minimal combination of size 2 and rank 5 is (2,4)

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