Double Counting

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’ve been making love to a double dose of cyanide.
    Robert Riskin (1897–1955)

    But counting up to two
    Is harder to do....
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)