The number of elements of a finite set lying in none, or in at least one, of finitely many subsets is the alternating sum of the sizes of their intersections.
Statement
In the setting of Finite Combinatorics: Notation, let X be a finite set, m∈N0 and A1,…,Am⊆X, and let ⋃i=1mAi be the union of the family (Ai)i∈[m]. Let A∅=X, and for nonempty S⊆[m] let
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