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Mathematics of choice : or, How to count without counting

Title
Mathematics of choice : or, How to count without counting / by Ivan Niven.
Author
Niven, Ivan, 1915-1999.
Publication
[New York] : Random House, 1965.

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Description
xi, 202 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
New mathematical library ; 15
Uniform Title
New mathematical library ; 15.
Subject
  • Combinatorial analysis
  • 31.12 combinatorics
  • Combinatorial analysis
  • Kombinatorik
  • Combinatieleer
  • Analyse combinatoire
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [199]
Contents
Permutations and combinations -- Combinations and binomial coefficients -- Some special distributions -- The inclusion-exclusion principle; probability -- Partitions of an integer -- Generating polynomials -- Distribution of objects not all alike -- Configuration problems -- Mathematical induction -- Interpretations of a non-associative product.
LCCN
65017470
OCLC
  • ocm00536506
  • 536506
  • SCSB-283993
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library