Double counting may refer to:
- Double counting (proof technique), a method in combinatorics that proves two expressions to be equal by demonstrating that they are different ways of counting the same set
- Double counting (fallacy), a fallacy in combinatorics and probability theory whereby objects are counted more than once
- Double counting (accounting), an error in accounting whereby a transaction is counted more than once
Famous quotes containing the words double and/or counting:
“You know, when these New Negroes have their convention—that is going to be the chairman of the Committee on Unending Agitation. Race, race, race!... Damn, even the N double A C P takes a holiday sometimes!”
—Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965)
“But counting up to two
Is harder to do....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)