An invitation to combinatorics /
Combinatorics is a fun, difficult, broad and very active area of mathematics. Counting, deciding whether certain configurations exist and elementary graph theory is where the subject begins. There are myriad of connections to other areas of mathematics and computer science, and, in fact, combinatori...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Cambridge mathematical textbooks.
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| Summary: | Combinatorics is a fun, difficult, broad and very active area of mathematics. Counting, deciding whether certain configurations exist and elementary graph theory is where the subject begins. There are myriad of connections to other areas of mathematics and computer science, and, in fact, combinatorial problems can be found almost everywhere. To learn combinatorics is partly to become familiar with combinatorial topics, problems and techniques, and partly to develop a can-do attitude toward discrete problem solving. This textbook is meant for a student who has completed an introductory college calculus sequence (a few sections require some knowledge of linear algebra but you can get quite a bit out of this text without a thorough understanding of linear algebra), has some familiarity with proofs, and desires to not only become acquainted with the main topics of introductory combinatorics, but also to become a better problem solver. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 613 pages, [4] pages of color plates : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 602-608) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108476546 1108476546 |