Principles and Techniques in Combinatorics

By Chen Chuan-Chong

Book Overview

"This book should be a must for all mathematicians who are involved in the training of Mathematical Olympiad teams, but it will also be a valuable source of problems for university courses."

Mathematical Reviews

A textbook suitable for undergraduate courses. The materials are presented very explicitly so that students will find it very easy to read. A wide range of examples, about 500 combinatorial problems taken from various mathematical competitions and exercises are also included.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9810211147
• ISBN13: 9789810211141
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A useful book on combinatorics

This is a useful book on combinatorics. Concepts are explained clearly and simply without excessive elaboration. Especially valuable are the problems, some of which are of IMO standard. This book can be used by students preparing for maths competitions. A solutions manual would complement this book nicely.

excellent for competition training

A very clearly written classic of an important topic, with lots of problems meant for mathematical competition training. Highly recommended.

Rigorous and Lucid

I wish I had this book on hand during my course in combinatorics. It is a must-have introduction for math undergrads and the general public alike. (Never let the price of a mathematics book fool you. Like a classical music CD, the value of the a math book is entirely determined by its content.) It is lucidly written, which is critical for this ostensibly simple field. Fuzzy explanations can lead readers far astray; poor examples can obscure key concepts. Michael Tucker's "Applied Combinatorics" suffers from this very problem. However, this is not so with Chen and Koh's volume. They are kind enough to provide multiple combinatorial proofs for a considerable number of problems, and they do so in the familar AMS format. There are an abundance of problems at the end of each chapter. Their chapters on Inclusion-Exclusion and recurrence relations shine brightly. Pick it up now!