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An Introduction to Enumeration, 2011 Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series

Langue : Anglais
Couverture de l’ouvrage An Introduction to Enumeration


Written for students taking a second or third year undergraduate course in mathematics or computer science, this book is the ideal companion to a course in enumeration. Enumeration is a branch of combinatorics where the fundamental subject matter is numerous methods of pattern formation and counting. Introduction to Enumeration provides a comprehensive and practical introduction to this subject giving a clear account of fundamental results and a thorough grounding in the use of powerful techniques and tools.

Two major themes run in parallel through the book,  generating functions and group theory. The former theme takes enumerative sequences and then uses analytic tools to discover how they are made up. Group theory provides a concise introduction to groups and illustrates how the theory can be used  to count the number of symmetries a particular object has. These enrich and extend basic group ideas and techniques.

The authors present their material through examples that are carefully chosen to establish key results in a natural setting. The aim is to progressively build fundamental theorems and techniques. This development is interspersed with exercises that consolidate ideas and build confidence. Some exercises are linked to particular sections while others range across a complete chapter. Throughout, there is an attempt to present key enumerative ideas in a graphic way, using diagrams to make them immediately accessible. The development assumes some basic group theory, a familiarity with analytic functions and their power series expansion along with  some basic linear algebra.

What Is Enumeration?.- Generating Functions Count.- Working with Generating Functions.- Permutation Groups.- Matrices, Sequences and Sums.- Group Actions and Counting.- Exponential Generating Functions.- Graphs.- partitions and Paths.

"I have adopted your text "An introduction to enumeration" for my

undergraduate combinatorics course. Overall, it is wonderful...I like how your book actually teaches something, beyond a loose tour of combinatorics that many other books offer. The ability to fluidly go back and forth between recurrences and generating functions, that sort of thing...It trades the broadest focus for specific techniques, in that way reminding me what's fun in say, an ODE course. My students actually learn something they couldn't do before, it makes them feel smart so they like the course " (Prof Dave Bayer, Barnard College, NY, USA)

Includes over 350 worked examples and over 200 exercises with solutions

Focuses on the application of major mathematical topics including linear algebra, group theory and complex analysis

Strong emphasis on generating functions

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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15.5x23.5 cm

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