A First Course in Combinatorial Mathematics (Oxford Applied Mathematics and Computing Science Series)

Now in a new second edition, this volume presents a clear and concise treatment of an increasingly important branch of mathematics. A unique introductory survey complete with easy-to-understand examples and sample problems, this text includes information on such basic combinatorial tools asrecurrence relations, generating functions, incidence matrices, and the non-exclusion principle. It also provides a study of block designs, Steiner triple systems, and expanded coverage of the marriage theorem, as well as a unified account of three important constructions which are significant incoding theory.Anderson, Ian C. is the author of 'A First Course in Combinatorial Mathematics (Oxford Applied Mathematics and Computing Science Series)' with ISBN 9780198596172 and ISBN 0198596170.