An Introduction to Enumeration

• Main Authors: Camina, Alan (Author), Lewis, Barry (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Series: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Group theory.; Combinatorics.; Group Theory and Generalizations.

Written for students taking a second or third year undergraduate course in mathematics or computer science, this book is the ideal companion to a course in enumeration. Enumeration is a branch of combinatorics where the fundamental subject matter is numerous methods of pattern formation and counting...

Table of Contents:

• What Is Enumeration?
• Generating Functions Count
• Working with Generating Functions
• Permutation Groups
• Matrices, Sequences and Sums
• Group Actions and Counting
• Exponential Generating Functions
• Graphs
• partitions and Paths.