1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910151939103321

Autore

Arratia Richard

Titolo

Logarithmic combinatorial structures: a probabilistic approach [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Arratia, A. D. Barbour, Simon Tavaré

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Zuerich, Switzerland, : European Mathematical Society Publishing House, 2003

ISBN

3-03719-500-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 pages)

Collana

EMS Monographs in Mathematics (EMM) ; , 2523-5192

Classificazione

60-xx11-xx12-xx

Soggetti

Probability & statistics

Algebra

Number theory

Probability theory and stochastic processes

Field theory and polynomials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The elements of many classical combinatorial structures can be naturally decomposed into components. Permutations can be decomposed into cycles, polynomials over a finite field into irreducible factors, mappings into connected components. In all of these examples, and in many more, there are strong similarities between the numbers of components of different sizes that are found in the decompositions of `typical' elements of large size. For instance, the total number of components grows logarithmically with the size of the element, and the size of the largest component is an appreciable fraction of the whole.   This book explains the similarities in asymptotic behaviour as the result of two basic properties shared by the structures: the conditioning relation and the logarithmic condition. The discussion is conducted in the language of probability, enabling the theory to be developed under rather general and explicit conditions; for the finer conclusions, Stein's method emerges as the key ingredient. The book is thus of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in both combinatorics and probability theory.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991004351034407536

Autore

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Titolo

La famiglia Moskat : romanzo / di Isaac Bashevis Singer ; traduzione di Bruno Fonzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Longanesi & C., c1967

Titolo uniforme

The family Moskat

Descrizione fisica

865 p. ; 19 cm.

Collana

La gaja scienza; 282

Altri autori (Persone)

Fonzi, Bruno

Disciplina

823

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia