Introduction to Enumerative and Analytic Combinatorics

2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4822-4909-5
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 556 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 930 g

Reihe: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications

Introduction to Enumerative and Analytic Combinatorics fills the gap between introductory texts in discrete mathematics and advanced graduate texts in enumerative combinatorics. The book first deals with basic counting principles, compositions and partitions, and generating functions. It then focuses on the structure of permutations, graph enumeration, and extremal combinatorics. Lastly, the text discusses supplemental topics, including error-correcting codes, properties of sequences, and magic squares.

Strengthening the analytic flavor of the book, this Second Edition:

- Features a new chapter on analytic combinatorics and new sections on advanced applications of generating functions

- Demonstrates powerful techniques that do not require the residue theorem or complex integration

- Adds new exercises to all chapters, significantly extending coverage of the given topics

Introduction to Enumerative and Analytic Combinatorics, Second Edition makes combinatorics more accessible, increasing interest in this rapidly expanding field.

Outstanding Academic Title of the Year, Choice magazine, American Library Association.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bona, Miklos

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Diskrete Mathematik, Kombinatorik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Betriebssysteme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Basic methods. Applications of basic methods. Generating functions. Counting permutations. Counting graphs. Extremal combinatorics. Analytic combinatorics. Symmetric structures. Sequences in combinatorics. Counting magic squares and magic cubes. Appendix: The method of mathematical induction.

Über Autor(innen)

Miklós Bóna received his Ph.D in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997. Since 1999, he has taught at the University of Florida, where, in 2010, he was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars. Professor Bóna has mentored numerous graduate and undergraduate students. He is the author of four books and more than 65 research articles, mostly focusing on enumerative and analytic combinatorics. His book, Combinatorics of Permutations, won a 2006 Outstanding Title Award from Choice, the journal of the American Library Association. He is also an editor-in-chief for the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, and for two book series at CRC Press.