{"product_id":"combinatorics-a-very-short-introduction-9780198723493","title":"Combinatorics: A Very Short Introduction","description":"How many possible sudoku puzzles are there? In the lottery, what is the chance that two winning balls have consecutive numbers? Who invented Pascal's triangle? (it was not Pascal) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombinatorics, the branch of mathematics concerned with selecting, arranging, and listing or counting collections of objects, works to answer all these questions. Dating back some 3000 years, and initially consisting mainly of the study of permutations and combinations, its scope has broadened to\u003cbr\u003einclude topics such as graph theory, partitions of numbers, block designs, design of codes, and latin squares. In this \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e Robin Wilson gives an overview of the field and its applications in mathematics and computer theory, considering problems from the shortest routes covering\u003cbr\u003ecertain stops to the minimum number of colours needed to colour a map with different colours for neighbouring countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: The \u003cem\u003e Very Short Introductions\u003c\/em\u003e series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and\u003cbr\u003eenthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2719896\"\u003eRobin Wilson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198723493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198723490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MAT\"\u003eMathematics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MAT036000\"\u003eCombinatorics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobin Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, Emeritus Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and a former fellow of Keble College, Oxford University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. A former President of the\u003cbr\u003eBritish Society for the History of Mathematics, he has written and edited many books on the history of mathematics, including \u003cem\u003eLewis Carroll in Numberland\u003c\/em\u003e, and also on graph theory, including \u003cem\u003eIntroduction to Graph Theory\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFour Colours Suffice\u003c\/em\u003e. Involved with the popularization of mathematics and\u003cbr\u003eits history, he has been awarded the Mathematical Association of America's Lester Ford award and Pólya prize for his 'outstanding expository writing', and the Ralph Stanton Award for outreach activities in combinatorics. He has Erdõs Number 1.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42663237812461,"sku":"9780198723493","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5dfc6c24-b174-4b0e-b209-04a60eb8f83d.jpg?v=1649393033","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/combinatorics-a-very-short-introduction-9780198723493","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}