Combinatorics: A Very Short Introduction

by Robin J. Wilson

Book Overview

How many possible sudoku puzzles are there? In the lottery, what is the chance that two winning balls have consecutive numbers? Who invented Pascal's triangle? (it was not Pascal)

Combinatorics, the branch of mathematics concerned with selecting, arranging, and listing or counting collections of objects, works to answer all these questions. Dating back some 3000 years, and initially consisting mainly of the study of permutations and combinations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198723490
• ISBN13: 9780198723493
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"