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Combinatorial Methods
Jerome K. Percus
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paperback. Series: Applied Mathematical Sciences. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 820.
It is not a large overstatement to claim that mathematics has traditionally arisen from attempts to understand quite concrete events in the physical world. The accelerated sophistication of the mathematical community has perhaps obscured this fact, especially during the present century, with the abstract becoming the hallmark of much of respectable mathematics. As a result of the inaccessibility of such work, practicing scientists have often been compelled to fashion their own mathematical tools, blissfully unaware of their prior existence in far too elegant and far too general form. But the mathematical sophistication of scientists has grown rapidly too, as has ... Read more
It is not a large overstatement to claim that mathematics has traditionally arisen from attempts to understand quite concrete events in the physical world. The accelerated sophistication of the mathematical community has perhaps obscured this fact, especially during the present century, with the abstract becoming the hallmark of much of respectable mathematics. As a result of the inaccessibility of such work, practicing scientists have often been compelled to fashion their own mathematical tools, blissfully unaware of their prior existence in far too elegant and far too general form. But the mathematical sophistication of scientists has grown rapidly too, as has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Series
Applied Mathematical Sciences
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387900278
SKU
V9780387900278
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