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Chapter 2 Pigeonhole Principle Summary Pigeonhole principle –simple form Pigeonhole principle –strong form Ramsey’s theorem The Pigeonhole Principle If m+1 pigeons are put into m pigeonholes, then at least one hole contains two or more pigeons. Dirichlet Principle Variously known as the Dirichlet Principle, the statement admits an equivalent formulation: If nm pigeons are put into m pigeonholes, theres a hole with more than one pigeon. Formal Statement of Pigeonhole Principle A more formal statement is also available: Let |A| denote the number of elements in a finite set A. For two fini