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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 May 2018
      06 October 1994
      ISBN:
      9780511803888
      9780521457613
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803888
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.649kg, 368 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Mathematics, Algorithmics, Complexity, Computer Algebra, Computational Geometry, Computer Science, Discrete Mathematics Information Theory and Coding

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    Mathematics, Algorithmics, Complexity, Computer Algebra, Computational Geometry, Computer Science, Discrete Mathematics Information Theory and Coding
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    Combinatorics is a subject of increasing importance, owing to its links with computer science, statistics and algebra. This is a textbook aimed at second-year undergraduates to beginning graduates. It stresses common techniques (such as generating functions and recursive construction) which underlie the great variety of subject matter and also stresses the fact that a constructive or algorithmic proof is more valuable than an existence proof. The book is divided into two parts, the second at a higher level and with a wider range than the first. Historical notes are included which give a wider perspective on the subject. More advanced topics are given as projects and there are a number of exercises, some with solutions given.

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