Introductory Combinatorics (Classic Version) (Pearson Modern Classics for Advanced Mathematics Series)

Brualdi, Richard

ISBN 10: 0134689615 / ISBN 13: 9780134689616

Published by Pearson, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introductory Combinatorics (Classic Version) (Pearson Modern Classics for Advanced Mathematics Series)
• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0134689615
• ISBN 13: 9780134689616
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Appropriate for one- or two-semester, junior- to senior-level combinatorics courses.

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This trusted best-seller covers the key combinatorial ideas–including the pigeon-hole principle, counting techniques, permutations and combinations, Pólya counting, binomial coefficients, inclusion-exclusion principle, generating functions and recurrence relations, combinatortial structures (matchings, designs, graphs), and flows in networks. The 5th Edition incorporates feedback from users to the exposition throughout and adds a wealth of new exercises.

About the Author

About our author

Richard A. Brualdi is Bascom Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics from 1993-1999. His research interests lie in matrix theory and combinatorics/graph theory. Professor Brualdi is the author or co-author of 6 books, and has published extensively. He is one of the editors-in-chief of the journal "Linear Algebra and its Applications" and of the journal "Electronic Journal of Combinatorics." He is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, the International Linear Algebra Society, and the Institute for Combinatorics and its Applications. He is also a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.