Completely irrelevant time waster:
#!/your/perl/here
use strict;
use warnings;
{ # closure for sub terms
my @term_list = ('A'..'Z', 'a'..'z');
sub terms
{
my $N = shift;
my $last = 2*$N-1;
my @pairs;
my $index = 0;
my $globber = '';
while ( $index < $last )
{
$globber .= '{'
. $term_list[$index++]
. ','
. $term_list[$index++]
. '}';
}
my $terms = join ' + ', glob($globber);
return $terms;
}
} # end closure for sub terms
foreach my $n (1..5)
{
my $terms = terms($n);
print "N=$n: <", $terms, ">\n";
}
exit;
__OUTPUT__
N=1: <A + B>
N=2: <AC + AD + BC + BD>
N=3: <ACE + ACF + ADE + ADF + BCE + BCF + BDE + BDF>
N=4: <ACEG + ACEH + ACFG + ACFH + ADEG + ADEH + ADFG + ADFH + BCEG + B
+CEH + BCFG + BCFH + BDEG + BDEH + BDFG + BDFH>
N=5: <ACEGI + ACEGJ + ACEHI + ACEHJ + ACFGI + ACFGJ + ACFHI + ACFHJ +
+ADEGI + ADEGJ + ADEHI + ADEHJ + ADFGI + ADFGJ + ADFHI + ADFHJ + BCEGI
+ + BCEGJ + BCEHI + BCEHJ + BCFGI + BCFGJ + BCFHI + BCFHJ + BDEGI + BD
+EGJ + BDEHI + BDEHJ + BDFGI + BDFGJ + BDFHI + BDFHJ>
-QM
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