Discrete mathematics has now established its place in most undergraduate mathematics courses. This textbook provides a concise, readable and accessible introduction to a number of topics in this area, such as enumeration, graph theory, Latin squares and designs. It is aimed at second-year undergraduate mathematics students, and provides them with many of the basic techniques, ideas and results. It contains many worked examples, and each chapter ends with a large number of exercises, with hints or solutions provided for most of them. As well as including standard topics such as binomial coefficients, recurrence, the inclusion-exclusion principle, trees, Hamiltonian and Eulerian graphs, Latin squares and finite projective planes, the text also includes material on the ménage problem, magic squares, Catalan and Stirling numbers, and tournament schedules.
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Discrete mathematics has now established its place in most undergraduate mathematics courses.
1. Counting and Binomial Coefficients.- 2. Recurrence.- 3. Introduction to Graphs.- 4. Travelling Round a Graph.- 5. Partitions and Colourings.- 6. The Inclusion Exclusion Principle.- 7. Latin Squares and Hall’s Theorem.- 8. Schedules and 1-Factorisations.- 9. Introduction to Designs.- Solutions.- Further Reading.
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"Wie der Titel andeutet, handelt es sich bei diesem Buch um eine elementare Einfuhrung in Denkweisen und Methoden der Diskreten Mathematik. Die fachlichen Voraussetzungen an den Leser sind minimal. Darauf aufbauend wird ein doch recht buntes Bild entwickelt, bestehend vor allem aus den wichtigsten Konzepten aus Kombinatorik und Graphentheorie sowie einigen spezielleren Themen wie Designs und Codes. ... Der Vorteil besteht darin, dass auch dem mathematischen Laien auf knapp 200 Seiten ein durchaus einpragsames Bild von einem Zweig der Mathematik vermittelt wird, der in unserer Zeit u.a. durch die Allgegenwart der sogenannten Informationstechnologie extrem an Bedeutung gewonnen hat." Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten, Nr. 187, August 2001
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AN EXPERIENCED AUTHOR, IAN ANDERSON DRAWS ON YEARS' EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING DISCRETE MATHEMATICS TO STUDENTS AT VARYING LEVELS. AT STUDENTS OF MATHEMATICS. INCLUDES GRAPH THEORY, A TOPIC OFTEN EXCLUDED FROM OTHER TEXTS.
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ISBN
9781852332365
Publisert
2000-10-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer London Ltd
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Lower undergraduate, UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

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