Format:
1 online resource (xi, 325 pages)
ISBN:
9780521553094
,
9780521663519
,
9780511805967
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics 49
Content:
This book is the first of a two-volume basic introduction to enumerative combinatorics at a level suitable for graduate students and research mathematicians. It concentrates on the theory and application of generating functions, a fundamental tool in enumerative combinatorics. The book covers those parts of enumerative combinatorics of greatest applicability to other areas of mathematics. The four chapters are devoted to an introduction to enumeration (suitable for advanced undergraduates), sieve methods (including the Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion), partially ordered sets, and rational generating functions. There are a large number of exercises, almost all with solutions, which greatly augment the text and provide entry into many areas not covered directly. Graduate students and research mathematicians who wish to apply combinatorics to their work will find this an authoritative reference.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521553094
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521663519
Additional Edition:
Druck-Ausgabe Erscheint auch als ISBN 9780521553094
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511805967
Author information:
Stanley, Richard P. 1944-
