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:
“O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven;
It hath the primal eldest curse upon ‘t,
A brother’s murder. Pray can I not,
Though inclination be as sharp as will;
My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent,
And like a man to double business bound
I stand in pause where I shall first begin,
And both neglect. What if this cursed hand
Were thicker than itself with brother’s blood,
Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
To wash it white as snow?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“If you’re counting my eyebrows, I can help you. There are two.”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)