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A First Course in Combinatorial Mathematics (Oxford Applied Mathematics & Computing Science Series) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for A First Course in Combinatorial MathematicsThis introduction to the basic combinatorial tools, such as recurrence relations, generating functions, incidence matrices and the inclusion-exclusion principle, has been designed to give readers a flavour of the distinctive characteristics of this branch of mathematics.
Full description- Publisher: Clarendon Press
- Published: 12 October 1989
- Format: Paperback 144 pages
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- Categories: Mathematics | Combinatorics & Graph Theory | Condensed Matter Physics (liquid State & Solid State Physics)
- ISBN 13: 9780198596738 ISBN 10: 0198596731
- Sales rank: 1,075,266
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Full description for A First Course in Combinatorial Mathematics
The spirit and aim of this book is to present a compact introduction to the basic combinatorial tools - such as recurrence relations, generating functions, incidence matrices, and the inclusion-exclusion principle - that will give the reader a flavour of the distinctive characteristics of this attractive and increasingly important branch of mathematics. A studly of block designs is followed by a brief mention of applications to coding theory. In this new edition, Steiner triple systems are constructed and S(5,8,24) is obtained via the Golay code of length 24. The final chapter combines together the three combinatorial structures of the Leech lattice, the Golay codes, and Steiner systems. Also in this edition, an application of the marriage theorem to score sequences of tournaments has been included.
