First Course in Combinatorial Mathematics

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 as recurrence 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 in coding theory.Anderson, Ian C. is the author of 'First Course in Combinatorial Mathematics', published 1989 under ISBN 9780198596738 and ISBN 0198596731.