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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      February 2009
      ISBN:
      9780511803895
      9780521883894
      9780521737944
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803895
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.65kg, 408 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.55kg, 408 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Mathematics (general), Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics Information Theory and Coding
      Series:
      Cambridge Mathematical Library
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    Subjects:
    Mathematics (general), Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics Information Theory and Coding
    Series:
    Cambridge Mathematical Library
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    Gian-Carlo Rota was one of the most original and colourful mathematicians of the 20th century. His work on the foundations of combinatorics focused on the algebraic structures that lie behind diverse combinatorial areas, and created a new area of algebraic combinatorics. Written by two of his former students, this book is based on notes from his influential graduate courses and on face-to-face discussions. Topics include sets and valuations, partially ordered sets, distributive lattices, partitions and entropy, matching theory, free matrices, doubly stochastic matrices, Moebius functions, chains and antichains, Sperner theory, commuting equivalence relations and linear lattices, modular and geometric lattices, valuation rings, generating functions, umbral calculus, symmetric functions, Baxter algebras, unimodality of sequences, and location of zeros of polynomials. Many exercises and research problems are included, and unexplored areas of possible research are discussed. A must-have for all students and researchers in combinatorics and related areas.

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    'All in all … I find Combinatorics: The Rota Way simply too good to pass up. Would that every day had 48 hours...'

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    '… each of its chapters can be considered as a single expository work, conceived by Rota and masterfully moulded and improved by Kung and Yan.'

    Source: Mathematical Reviews

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