Title:
Combinatorics : a very short introduction / Robin Wilson.
Author:
Wilson, Robin J., author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016
Call Number:
QA164 .W57 2016
Abstract:
Combinatorics is a large branch of mathematics involving the counting, selecting, and arranging of objects. Robin Wilson explores the field, looking at problems such as the shortest routes from A to B, to the number of Sudoku puzzles possible.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198723493
Series:
Very short introductions ; 474
Very short introductions ; 474.
Physical Description:
xv, 157 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
What is combinatorics? -- Four types of problem -- Permutations and combinations -- A combinatorial zoo -- Tilings and polyhedra -- Graphs -- Square arrays -- Designs and geometry -- Partitions.
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