COUNTING: SOLUTIONS MANUAL (2ND EDITION) - Softcover

Koh, Khee-Meng; Tay, Eng Guan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814401943 ISBN 13: 9789814401944

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013

Synopsis

This book is the essential companion to Counting (2nd Edition) (World Scientific, 2013), an introduction to combinatorics for secondary to undergraduate students. The book gives solutions to the exercises in Counting (2nd Edition). There is often more than one method to solve a particular problem and the authors have included alternative solutions whenever they are of interest.The rigorous and clear solutions will aid the reader in further understanding the concepts and applications in Counting (2nd Edition). An introductory section on problem solving as described by George Pólya will be useful in helping the lay person understand how mathematicians think and solve problems.

About this title

About the Author:

Koh Khee Meng is Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the National University of Singapore. He obtained his PhD from the University of Manitoba in Canada in 1971. Among several other significant appointments, he was the chairman of the Singapore International Mathematical Olympiad Committee (1991-93), a council member of the Institute of Combinatories and Its Applications (International) (1995-97) and the president of the Singapore Mathematical Society (1996-98). Professor Koh won numerous teaching awards from the National University of Singapore. He specializes in Combinatories and Graph Theory and has had many papers published in international scientific journals. He is co-author of the books Principles and Techniques in Combinatories and College Mathematics, Volumes 1 & 2.

Tay Eng Guan is Assistant Professor in the Mathematics and Mathematics Education Academic Group of the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He was a doctoral student of Professor Koh and obtained his PhD from the National University of Singapore in 2000. He specializes in Graph Theory and Mathematics Education and has had papers published in international scientific journals in both areas. Dr Tay has taught in Singapore junior colleges and has also done a stint in the Ministry of Education.

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9814401943
• ISBN 13: 9789814401944
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224