Dirichlet's Box Principle/Also known as

Dirichlet's Box Principle: Also known as
Dirichlet's Box Principle, in particular its corollary, is also commonly known as the pigeonhole principle or '''pigeon-hole principle:


 * Suppose you have $n + 1$ pigeons, but have only $n$ holes for them to stay in.


 * By the pigeonhole principle, at least one of the holes houses $2$ pigeons.

It is also known as (Dirichlet's) drawer (or shelf) principle.

Some sources give it as the letterbox principle or letter-box principle.