- Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 157 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Very short introductions ; 474
- Uniform Title
- Combinatorics (Online)
- Very short introductions ; 474.
- Alternative Title
- Combinatorics (Online)
- Subject
- Combinatorial analysis
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- What is combinatorics? -- Four types of problem -- Permutations and combinations -- A combinatorial zoo -- Tilings and polyhedra -- Graphs -- Square arrays -- Designs and geometry -- Partitions.
- LCCN
- 2015959266
- OCLC
- ssj0001749592
- Author
Wilson, Robin J.
- Title
Combinatorics [electronic resource] : a very short introduction / Robin Wilson.
- Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Edition
First edition.
- Series
Very short introductions ; 474
Very short introductions ; 474.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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