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The number of preference orderings: a recursive approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2015

Ben Eggleston
Ben Eggleston*
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Department of Philosophy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA e-mail: eggleston@ku.edu

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 99 , Issue 544 , March 2015, pp. 21 - 32
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 2015 

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