Introduction to Combinatorics by Walter D. Wallis, John C. Ge... - 9781498777605

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Introduction to CombinatoricsAuthor(s): Walter D. Wallis, John C. George\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC\nISBN-13: 9781498777605, 978-1498777605\nSynopsis\nWhat Is Combinatorics Anyway?\n\nBroadly speaking, combinatorics is the branch of mathematics dealing\n\nwith different ways of selecting objects from a set or arranging objects. It\n\ntries to answer two major kinds of questions, namely, counting questions: how many ways can a selection or arrangement be chosen with a particular set of properties; and structural \n\nquestions: does there exist a selection or arrangement of objects with a \n\nparticular set of properties?\n\nThe authors have presented a text for students at all levels of preparation.\n\nFor some, this will be the first course where the students see several real proofs. \n\nOthers will have a good background in linear algebra, will have completed the calculus \n\nstream, and will have started abM