Mathematics of choice [[electronic resource] ] : or how to count without counting / / by Ivan Niven

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465757503321
• Autore: Niven Ivan <1915-1999.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1965
• ISBN: 0-88385-930-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library ; ; 15
• Disciplina: 511.6
• Soggetti: Combinatorial analysis; Mathematical analysis; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Sommario/riassunto: Counting lies at the heart of much mathematics, and Niven's subtitle is — How to count without counting. This is the whole art of combinatorics: permutations, combinations, binomial coefficients, the inclusion-exclusion principle, combinatorial probability, partitions of numbers, generating polynomials, the pigeonhole principle, and much more.