Combinatorics

Author: Yin Jianhong
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book focuses on combinatorial counting problems and introduces the fundamental principles and methods of combinatorics. The content includes basic counting problems, generating functions, recurrence relations, the inclusion-exclusion principle, Polya counting, combinatorial design and coding, etc. The book emphasizes the application of combinatorics in computer science, particularly in the field of algorithm analysis. Each chapter features a selection of examples and exercises, and the book includes solutions to some of the exercises at the end. This book can be used as a textbook for senior undergraduate students in computer science, mathematics, information security, electronics, and communication at universities, as well as a reference for teaching, research, and engineering professionals in related fields.