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Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics
Alexander Soifer
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Description for Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics
Paperback. Suitable for students interested in pursuing mathematics, this book outlines an introduction to graph theory and combinatorics while exploring topics such as the Pigeonhole Principle, and theorems of Helly and Szokefalvi-Nagy. It introduces these ideas with applications with an aim to prepare young readers for the mathematical world. Num Pages: 264 pages, 332 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas. A painter makes patterns with shapes and colours, a poet with words. A painter may embody an ‘idea,’ but the idea is usually commonplace and unimportant. In poetry, ideas count for a great deal more; but as Housman insisted, the importance of ideas in poetry is habitually exaggerated... A mathematician, on the other hand, has no material to work with but ideas, and so his patterns are likely to last longer, ... Read more
A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas. A painter makes patterns with shapes and colours, a poet with words. A painter may embody an ‘idea,’ but the idea is usually commonplace and unimportant. In poetry, ideas count for a great deal more; but as Housman insisted, the importance of ideas in poetry is habitually exaggerated... A mathematician, on the other hand, has no material to work with but ideas, and so his patterns are likely to last longer, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387754697
SKU
V9780387754697
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics
From the book reviews: “This book itself has also a good chance to occupy a permanent place in the mathematical literature. Among its virtues is the lively and fluent style, in which it introduces and explains the problems. … In summing up, we warmly recommend this book to any interested reader: take and read, and dip into the exercises ... Read more