Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

John Riordan

ISBN 10: 0486425363 / ISBN 13: 9780486425368

Published by Dover Publications Inc. 2003-03-28, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc. 2003-03-28
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486425363
• ISBN 13: 9780486425368
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This introduction to combinatorial analysis defines the subject as "the number of ways there are of doing some well-defined operation." Chapter 1 surveys that part of the theory of permutations and combinations that finds a place in books on elementary algebra, which leads to the extended treatment of generation functions in Chapter 2, where an important result is the introduction of a set of multivariable polynomials.
Chapter 3 contains an extended treatment of the principle of inclusion and exclusion which is indispensable to the enumeration of permutations with restricted position given in Chapters 7 and 8. Chapter 4 examines the enumeration of permutations in cyclic representation and Chapter 5 surveys the theory of distributions. Chapter 6 considers partitions, compositions, and the enumeration of trees and linear graphs.
Each chapter includes a lengthy problem section, intended to develop the text and to aid the reader. These problems assume a certain amount of mathematical maturity. Equations, theorems, sections, examples, and problems are numbered consecutively in each chapter and are referred to by these numbers in other chapters.

About the Author

John Riordan is an architect and writer. His passions for food and design have led him to restaurants worldwide. He lives in Washington D.C., where he subjects his friends and family to culinary designs of his own at home.