We can count stuff in various ways:

  1. A recurrence relation e.g. and
  2. A closed formula e.g.
  3. A generating function e.g.
  4. Asymptotic formula
  5. An algorithm
    Binomial Coefficient
    Falling Factorial
    Rising Factorial
    Multinomial Coefficient
    Stirling Number of the Second Kind
    Sum of Powers
    Stirling Number of the First Kind
    Burnside’s Lemma
    Fibonacci Sequence