Combinatorics: The Rota Way Paperback (Cambridge Mathematical Library) - Softcover

Kung, Joseph P. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052173794X ISBN 13: 9780521737944

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Gian-Carlo Rota was one of the most original and colourful mathematicians of the twentieth century. His work on the foundations of combinatorics created a new area of algebraic combinatorics. The book is based upon his influential graduate courses on the foundations of combinatorics, that have influenced generations of students.

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'All in all ... I find Combinatorics: The Rota Way simply too good to pass up. Would that every day had 48 hours...' MAA Reviews

'... each of its chapters can be considered as a single expository work, conceived by Rota and masterfully moulded and improved by Kung and Yan.' Mathematical Reviews

Biografía del autor

Dr Joseph P. S. Kung is Professor of Mathematics at the University of North Texas. He is currently an editor-in-chief for the journal Advances in Applied Mathematics.

Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999) was a Professor of Applied Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a member of the National Academy of Science. He was awarded the 1988 Steele Prize of the American Mathematical Society for his 1964 paper 'On the Foundations of Combinatorial Theory I. Theory of Moebius Functions.' He was the founding editor of the Journal of Combinatorial Theory.

Catherine H. Yan is a Professor of Mathematics at Texas A & M University. She was a Courant Instructor at New York University (1997–1999) and a Sloan Fellow (2001–2003).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 052173794X
• ISBN 13: 9780521737944
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 408