Combinatorial Problems and Exercises: Second Edition (Second Edition) László Lovász

Combinatorial Problems and Exercises: Second Edition (Second Edition) László Lovász 2012; 639 pp; Paperback; 180 × 240 mm; 978-0-8218-8708-0 For sale only in India,Nepal,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Sri Lanka,Maldives,Pakistan 920.00 The main purpose of this book is to provide help in learning existing techniques in combinatorics. The most effective way of learning such techniques is to solve exercises and problems. This book presents all the material in the form of problems and series of problems (apart from some general comments at the beginning of each chapter). In the second part, a hint is given for each exercise, which contains the main idea necessary for the solution, but allows the reader to practice the techniques by completing the proof. In the third part, a full solution is provided for each problem. This book will be useful to those students who intend to start research in graph theory, combinatorics or their applications, and for those researchers who feel that combinatorial techniques might help them with their work in other branches of mathematics, computer science, management science, electrical engineering and so on. For background, only the elements of linear algebra, group theory, probability and calculus are needed. Table of Contents * Problems * Hints * Solutions * Dictionary of the combinatorial phrases and concepts used * Notation * Index of the abbreviations of textbooks and monographs * Subject index * Author index * Errata About the Author László Lovász, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary