[EM] Hey Warren, is this statement correct?

[robert bristow-johnson]

On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:36 PM, robert bristow-johnson wrote:

>
> at http://rangevoting.org/IrvNonAdd.html you say:
>
> "In a C-candidate [IRV] race, each voting machine would have to  
> have C! pseudo-candidates and each precinct would have to pass C!  
> 'subtotal' counts on to the central tabulator."
>
> and  you have a table that shows
>
>   3    4    5    6    ...
>   6   24   120  720   ...
>
> is that correct?
>
> is not a more correct answer
>
>    C-1
>    SUM{ n!/C! }
>    n=1

oh jeepers.  i meant to say:

     C-1
     SUM{ C!/n! }
     n=1

that'll teach me to do it from memory, without thinking about it.

> which is bigger than C!.  in fact, on http://rangevoting.org/ 
> Burlington.html you show 9 (presumably precinct summable) piles for  
> 3 (remaining) candidates.

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