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Catalan Numbers
Richard P. Stanley
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Description for Catalan Numbers
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Catalan numbers are probably the most ubiquitous sequence of numbers in mathematics. This book gives for the first time a comprehensive collection of their properties and applications to combinatorics, algebra, analysis, number theory, probability theory, geometry, topology, and other areas. Following an introduction to the basic properties of Catalan numbers, the book presents 214 different kinds of objects counted by them in the form of exercises with solutions. The reader can try solving the exercises or simply browse through them. Some 68 additional exercises with prescribed difficulty levels present various properties of Catalan numbers and related numbers, such as Fuss-Catalan ... Read more
Catalan numbers are probably the most ubiquitous sequence of numbers in mathematics. This book gives for the first time a comprehensive collection of their properties and applications to combinatorics, algebra, analysis, number theory, probability theory, geometry, topology, and other areas. Following an introduction to the basic properties of Catalan numbers, the book presents 214 different kinds of objects counted by them in the form of exercises with solutions. The reader can try solving the exercises or simply browse through them. Some 68 additional exercises with prescribed difficulty levels present various properties of Catalan numbers and related numbers, such as Fuss-Catalan ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
329g
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107427747
SKU
V9781107427747
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Ref
99-1
About Richard P. Stanley
Richard P. Stanley is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is universally recognized as a leading expert in the field of combinatorics and its applications to a variety of other mathematical disciplines. He won the AMS 2001 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition for his books Enumerative Combinatorics, Volumes 1 and 2, which ... Read more
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