books about: combinatorics

books about: combinatorics

books:

Combinatorics

How to Prove It: A Structured Approach

Daniel J. Velleman

Cambridge University Press, 2006

Outstanding!
This is an incredible book -- one of the best mathematics books I have ever read. I have not yet found any other books that cover the material of sets, logic, proof nearly as effectively than this book does. The most unique and helpful part for me was the concept of ...

College Algebra: Graphs and Models with Graphing Calculator Manual Package (4th Edition) (Bittinger Graphs & ...
Marvin L. Bittinger, Judith A. Beecher, ...

Addison Wesley, 2008

The authors help students "see the math" through their focus on functions; visual emphasis; side-by-side algebraic and graphical solutions; real-data applications; and examples and exercises. By remaining focused on today's students and their needs, the authors lead students to mathematical understanding and, ultimately, success in class.

Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R (Use R)

Deepayan Sarkar

Springer, 2008

Outstanding
Deepayan Sarkar won a prize for programming Lattice. He deserves another for writing this book. The usual style of help files in R (including Lattice) is terse; this is a deliberate choice by the developers. Presumably, a lot of people like this terseness - but I am ...

Combinatorial Optimization: Algorithms and Complexity

Christos H. Papadimitriou, Kenneth Steiglitz

Dover Publications, 1998

A classic...
I won't lie to you: this book is well written but relatively hard to read. The subject is inherently difficult, after all! I highly suggest it, though, because the author is a recognized expert on the field and the price is relatively low. It's worth it even if you ...

Mathematical Olympiad Challenges, 2/e

Titu Andreescu, Razvan Gelca

Birkhäuser Boston, 2001

Pure delight!
I have spent many entertaining hours going through the book only to realize how rusty I became in these last 25 years that passed since I was faighting a hopeless battle in the Romanian solvers' contest against the first author. The book is centered around a number of ...

The Algorithm Design Manual

Steven S. Skiena

Springer, 2008

Accessible Guide to Algorithm Design
For those computer science students and programmers who are put off by the style of "Introduction to Algorithms" by Cormen et al., this book is a good alternative. Rather than just being a catalog of algorithms with code and little explanation, this book covers a much ...

Approximation Algorithms

Vijay V. Vazirani

Springer, 2004

Very nice introduction
This is a quite nice book by an author who is well-known in the field. The book is not thematic, instead it presents certain problems in each chapter along with the main approximation algorithms and correctness proofs. Yet, each new concept is well introduced with the ...

Proofs from THE BOOK

Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

Springer, 2003

this is THE BOOK!
One of the most important mathematicians in the last quarter of a century was, arguably, Paul Erdos. At least we could say he was the one who travelled the most, and who had more collaborations with other mathematicians in the areas of Graph Theory, Combinatorics, ...

Schaum's Outline of Discrete Mathematics, 3rd Ed. (Schaum's Outlines)

Seymour Lipschutz, Marc Lipson

McGraw-Hill, 2007

Maybe the best book for learning discrete math
This book may be the best book for learning about discrete mathematics. I have many books about discrete mathematics but none covers and exactly explain the subjects as well as this book does. I would recommend this to everyone who follows a course in discrete ...

Introductory Combinatorics (4th Edition)

Richard A. Brualdi

Prentice Hall, 2004

Satisfied Customer
The book I ordered came in an extremely timely manner, and was in the condition specified when I bought it.

Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning

David E. Goldberg

Addison-Wesley Professional, 1989

Great start to your journey in Genetic Algorithms.
This is a great book to begin your journey on Genetic Algorithms (GA). The author is a pioneering authority on the subject and has explained the basics of a GA in a very gentle and easy to understand manner. The book has a great variety of specific but diverse ...

Putnam and Beyond

Razvan Gelca, Titu Andreescu

Springer, 2007

Another Panorama of Amazing Math Problems
Another panorama of amazing math problems written by two famous math problemists: Titu Andreescu and Razvan Gelca Many many congratulations to them for this invaluable treasure of math problems. I am not absolutely able to describe this excellent book; the best way ...

Creating More Effective Graphs

Naomi B. Robbins

Wiley-Interscience, 2004

For Person Unsure of REALLY Changing Graphing Ways: 5 Stars; for more statistical person: 3 Stars
This book gets 5-stars for those persons that have trepidation about really modifying how they do graphing. For the fearful person, no other book is as gentle, yet effective, at convincing you of the inadequacy of your simple (most likely Excel) ways. The real ...

Combinatorial Lottery Systems (Wheels) with Guaranteed Wins

Iliya Bluskov

Lotbook Pub, 2002

Lottery Systems Wheel with Guaranteed Wins
It took me a while to understand Iliya's system, but I finally got the hang of it but have not had the opportunity to try it out as of yet because I will have to go to Georgia or Tennessee Line to play the Lottery since Alabama doesn't have a lottery here yet with all ...

Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks)

Abraham Sinkov

The Mathematical Association of America, 1998

No one does it better!
Dr. Sinkov has been-there, done-that. He was in the first group of three mathematicians hired by William Friedman of the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) back in 1930. After two name changes, the agency became the NSA, and Sinkov became the Chief of ...