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21 questions linked to/from Good Book On Combinatorics
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Good textbooks on combinatorics for self-study [duplicate]
Can anyone recommend a good introductory textbook on analytic combinatorics for self studying? It should be for a first year graduate student.
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Good books on combinatorics [duplicate]
I have a math Ph.D. but my knowledge of combinatorics sucks and I simply don't know how to compute anything more complicated, i.e. what happens when we put restrictions on the allowed configurations ...
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Textbooks on combinatorics [duplicate]
I couldn't read most of the textbooks on combinatorics I've encountered. The problem is that authors usually do not explain a lot of things. For instance, they don't mention that generating function ...
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Combinatorics Books [duplicate]
I am studying combinatorics in my class right now and am using Combinatorics by Van Lint and Wilson. I was wondering if any of you guys had any recommendation on a supplementary book for topics like ...
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Good Combinatorics book [duplicate]
I need suggestions for good Combinatorics book which must have following topics covered in depth: Recurrence relations Bell numbers and Bell polynomials Stirling numbers and Stirling polynomials ...
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Reference request for Combinatorics problems [duplicate]
I'm looking for a book with variety of combinatorics exercises specially enumerative problems. I have found some lecture notes but they were not coherent. What do you advise?
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Book recommendation Combinatorics [duplicate]
This semester I will be taking a masters degree course on combinatorics and I am looking for a book that covers the material of the lecture and some more advanced stuff so I can gain some deeper ...
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Undergrad-level combinatorics texts easier than Stanley's Enumerative Combinatorics?
I am an undergrad, math major, and I had basic combinatorics class using Combinatorics and Graph Theory by Harris et al before (undergrad level). Currently reading Stanley's Enumerative Combinatorics ...
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Book on combinatorial identities
Do you know any good book that deals extensively with identities obtained using combinatorial and/or probabilistic arguments (e.g., by solving the same combinatorial or probability problem in two ...
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Book recommendations for Combinatorics for Computer Science Students
I am a computer science student with an interest in competitive programming. I am currently looking to deepen my understanding of combinatorics, as it is a crucial part of algorithm design and ...
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Book recommendations for relearning high school math to study Calculus and beyond?
Assume someone has very limited knowledge of math: low level high school, 5-6 years ago. How would they learn from the basics of algebra, geometry and trigonometry to a solid foundation for calculus ...
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Good resources (book or otherwise) to learn/study basic Combinatorics [closed]
I'm currently studying basic Combinatorics for a college course and my professor is awful (and that is being generous). Therefore I'm looking for good resources to learn basic Combinatorics so that I ...
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Outline for high school combinatorics class?
I am a high school student and I have taken all the math classes that my school provides (through calculus AB). I have been looking at a possible independent study for next year and I have landed on ...
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A basic Combinatorics Book
So, this is my problem...I have completed my boards and among all others, I have a great weakness in combinatorics. So this means I can utilize my free time now to address this problem. I think it is ...
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Where can I learn the basics of combinatorics?
I'm in last year at high school and I want to enter a computer science college, my problem is that I wasn't taught any combinatorics in high school and that's a heavy subject in my admission exam. ...