Combination of sums

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From: H�KAN ASKENGREN
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 00:00

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Could some nice soul please help me on this problem:

It is to calculate the numbers of combinations of sums of a set of (in this
case unique) numbers. 

Example: I have a basket of three numbers: 5,10,11
	   They are all unique OK, and - most important - all
           combinations of sums are unique. All combinations of possible
	   sums from these numbers are : 15, 16, 21 and 26.  

If I have a basket of 5 or 6 numbers in the basket, the number of 
possible sums are quite a lot. 
How many combinations?, and is there a formula for this calculation? 


Many thanks

H�kan Askengren    askengren@swipnet.se  or  h.askengren@mysoft.se

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