Introductory Combinatorics [Hardcover]

Kenneth P. Bogart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1989

Introductory, Combinatorics, Third Edition is designed for introductory courses in combinatorics, or more generally, discrete mathematics. The author, Kenneth Bogart, has chosen core material of value to students in a wide variety of disciplines: mathematics, computer science, statistics, operations research, physical sciences, and behavioral sciences. The rapid growth in the breadth and depth of the field of combinatorics in the last several decades, first in graph theory and designs and more recently in enumeration and ordered sets, has led to a recognition of combinatorics as a field with which the aspiring mathematician should become familiar. This long-overdue new edition of a popular set presents a broad comprehensive survey of modern combinatorics which is important to the various scientific fields of study.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 622 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt College Pub; 2 edition (September 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 015541576X
• ISBN-13: 978-0155415768
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,833,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonable, but not exceptional text, February 3, 2003

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Mitchel T. Keller "math grad student" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introductory Combinatorics (Hardcover)

Bogart has done a decent job with this text. It does a good job of covering a broad selection of topics and is generally readable. Beware the typographical errors, as they are often very subtle and leave you wondering if it was an error or if you just don't understand. Don't let Chapter 1 give you the wrong impression of the text, as it belabors things much more than the rest of the text does. It initally left a bad taste in my mouth, but the remainder of the book provides the right amount of exposition, except for a few points in Chapter 6 (Combinatorial Designs) where Bogart leaves too many proofs as exercises without giving a sufficient idea on how to complete the proof.

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most complete combinatorics books around..., June 17, 2001

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Melissa Bent "merauluka" (Boise, ID United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introductory Combinatorics (Hardcover)

I was amazed at the quality of the descriptions in this book. It has easy to understand examples and does a very good job of connecting combinatorics and graph theory. It even has integer partitions and Stirling numbers.