Discrete mathematics - Softcover

Biggs, Norman L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198532660 ISBN 13: 9780198532668

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1985

Synopsis

Paperback, ex-library; 1987 reprint (with corrections). Tanned covers are marked, creased, and loosened from binding a little. Library shelfmark over spine foot. Lightly creased spine has slightly worn ends; edges and leading corners are worn. Early and late leading corners are a little bumped. Page block is grubby, with library stamps on each side. Library plate on inside front cover; library stamps on rear inside covers. Remains of library sheet and stamps on half-title page, which is chipped at lower leading corner. Possibility of removed FEP. Chips on lower edge of title page, which has library stamps on each side. A few further library stamps on pages in main body of volume. All text is clear. TS

About this title

About the Author

Norman L. Biggs is a Professor of Mathematics, London School of Economics, University of London.

Review

`For the Second Edition:

"... it is a wonderful book. Biggs' expository style is of the highest quality." '
Professor James Reid, University of Mississippi

`"... a well written book by a world-renowned expert. The explanations go to the heart of the matter and the proofs
given are elegant." '
Professor Mohan Shrikhande, University of Michigan

`" the material is well written in a clear and lucid style" '
Dr Jim Renshaw, University of Southampton

`"the new chapters are elegantly written" '
Dr Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge

`from recent reviews of the first edition:

"Biggs' book ... a timely and important addition to the literature ... stands out for its clarity of exposition, its careful organization, and for the way in which it reduces unnecessary abstraction to a minimum ... The range of topics covered is astonishing ... and ... it is written with humour and
a lightness of touch which make it a pleasure to read." '
Times Higher Education Supplemement

`"It seems to me that the book is as comprehensive as one could hope. I strongly recommend it" '
Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

`"the comprehensive course of discrete mathematics" '
L'Enseignement Mathematique, t.36, fasc.1-2, 1990

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198532660
• ISBN 13: 9780198532668
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480