Combinatorics of Finite Geometries - Second Edition

Batten, Lynn Margaret

ISBN 10: 0521590140 / ISBN 13: 9780521590143

Published by Cambridge Univ Press. Cambridge, UK. 1997. Second Edition., 1997

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Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 193 pages. Bound in bright red cloth with gilt lettering. No sign of wear. A clean and unmarked book. AS NEW Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Combinatorics of Finite Geometries - Second Edition
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Press. Cambridge, UK. 1997. Second Edition.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521590140
• ISBN 13: 9780521590143
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Combinatorics of Finite Geometries is an introductory text on the combinatorial theory of finite geometry. Assuming only a basic knowledge of set theory and analysis, it provides a thorough review of the topic and leads the student to results at the frontiers of research. This book begins with an elementary combinatorial approach to finite geometries based on finite sets of points and lines, and moves into the classical work on affine and projective planes. Later, it addresses polar spaces, partial geometries, and generalized quadrangles. The revised edition contains an entirely new chapter on blocking sets in linear spaces, which highlights some of the most important applications of blocking sets--from the initial game-theoretic setting to their very recent use in cryptography. Extensive exercises at the end of each chapter insure the usefulness of this book for senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students.

Book Description

This book is an introductory text on the combinatorial theory of finite geometry. It assumes only a basic knowledge of set theory and analysis, but soon leads the student to results at the frontiers of research. The revised edition contains an entirely new chapter on blocking sets in linear spaces, which highlights some of the most important applications of blocking sets--from the initial game-theoretic setting to their very recent use in cryptography. Extensive exercises at the end of each chapter insure the usefulness of this book for senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students.