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Combinatorics: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Wilson, Robin

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9780198723493: Combinatorics: A Very Short Introduction
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Combinatorics is a large branch of mathematics involving the counting, selecting, and arranging of objects. Robin Wilson explores the field, looking at problems such as the shortest routes from A to B, to the number of Sudoku puzzles possible.

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About the Author

Robin Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, Emeritus Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and a former fellow of Keble College, Oxford University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. A former President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, he has written and edited many books on the history of mathematics, including Lewis Carroll in Numberland, and also on graph theory, including Introduction to Graph Theory and Four Colours Suffice. Involved with the popularization of mathematics and its history, he has been awarded the Mathematical Association of America's Lester Ford award and Pólya prize for his 'outstanding expository writing', and the Ralph Stanton Award for outreach activities in combinatorics. He has Erdõs Number 1.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198723490
ISBN 13 
9780198723493
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
176
Rating
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