Number of Terms in Homogeneous Polynomial

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Theorem

The number of terms in a homogeneous polynomial of degree $n$ in $m$ indeterminates is given by:

$N = \dbinom {n + m - 1} n = \dfrac {\paren {n + m - 1}!}{n! \, \paren {m - 1}!}$


Proof



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