Combinatorics: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute Held at Nijenrode Castle, Breukelen, the Netherlands 8-20 July 1974

by J.H. Van Lint and Marshall Hall, Jr.

Combinatorics has come of age. It had its beginnings in a number of puzzles which have still not lost their charm. Among these are EULER'S problem of the 36 officers and the KONIGSBERG bridge problem, BACHET's problem of the weights, and the Reverend T.P. KIRKMAN'S problem of the schoolgirls. Many of the topics treated in ROUSE BALL'S Recreational Mathe- matics belong to combinatorial theory. All of this has now changed. The solution of the puzzles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027705933
• ISBN13: 9789027705938
• Release Date: April 1975
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"