combinatorial

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Now they are solving classic problems in combinatorial geometry using algebraic number theory.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The lack of flexible and open-ended communication, which occurs by means of combinatorial structures or compositionality that allows us to put just about any idea into language, was seen as the great barrier.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

The minigames within Lorelei almost included Nim, an ancient combinatorial game that appears in “Last Year at Marienbad.”

From New York Times • May 15, 2024

“But the fact that they have this combinatorial basis is already very interesting.”

From Science Magazine • May 7, 2024

They indulge as well in reductio ad absurdum, the logical practice of taking any premise to an extreme, and in various sorts of combinatorial word play.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos