Introduction to Finite Mathematics

by Gerald L. Thompson, John G. Kemeny, J. Laurie Snell, et al.

Book Overview

Kemeny, Snell, and Thompson introduce the student to finite mathematics This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134838343
• ISBN13: 9780134838342
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Marriage laws and Permutations

From game theory to the Gambler's ruin this book has classical mathematics well explained. The section on permutations and multinomials is still a valuable reference after all these years! But it is the application of permutation groups to island marriage laws that make this book a mathematical classic! How close a relative can you marry without endangering the gene pool while maximizing the number of people in your tribe that you can marry... a practical problem set to a primitive culture produced mathematical solutions!