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How to Count: An Introduction to Combinatorics, Second Edition Hardcover - 2010 - 2nd Edition

by R. B. Allenby; Alan Slomson


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Emphasizes a Problem Solving Approach
A first course in combinatorics

Completely revised, How to Count: An Introduction to Combinatorics, Second Edition shows how to solve numerous classic and other interesting combinatorial problems. The authors take an easily accessible approach that introduces problems before leading into the theory involved. Although the authors present most of the topics through concrete problems, they also emphasize the importance of proofs in mathematics.

New to the Second Edition
This second edition incorporates 50 percent more material. It includes seven new chapters that cover occupancy problems, Stirling and Catalan numbers, graph theory, trees, Dirichlet's pigeonhole principle, Ramsey theory, and rook polynomials. This edition also contains more than 450 exercises.

Ideal for both classroom teaching and self-study, this text requires only a modest amount of mathematical background. In an engaging way, it covers many combinatorial tools, such as the inclusion-exclusion principle, generating functions, recurrence relations, and Plya's counting theorem.

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  • Title How to Count: An Introduction to Combinatorics, Second Edition
  • Author R. B. Allenby; Alan Slomson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Pages 446
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher CRC Press
  • Date 2010-08-13
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781420082609 / 1420082604
  • Weight 2.11 lbs (0.96 kg)
  • Dimensions 10 x 7 x 1 in (25.40 x 17.78 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Combinatorial analysis
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010024420
  • Dewey Decimal Code 511.6

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  • Scitech Book News, 12/01/2010, Page 29

About the author

Alan Slomson taught mathematics at the University of Leeds from 1967 to 2008. He is currently the secretary of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust.

R.B.J.T. Allenby taught mathematics at the University of Leeds from 1965 to 2007.

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