Combinatorics and Finite Geometry

Steven Dougherty is a Professor at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvannia. The author of over 100 papers and 2 books, he has lectured over 60 times in 11 countries and was awarded the 2005 Merten M. Hasse prize.

• 1 Foundational Combinatorial Structures.- 2 Foundational Algebraic Structures.- 3 Mutually Orthogonal Latin Squares.- 4 Affine and Projective Planes.- 5 Graphs.- 6 Higher Dimensional Finite Geometry.- 7 Designs.- 8 Combinatorial Objects.- 9 Discrete Probability - A Return to Counting.- 10 Automorphism Groups.- 11 Codes.- 12 Cryptology.- 13 Games and Designs.- 14 Epilogue.- References.- Glossary.- Solutions to Selected Odd Problems.- Index.

“The author's style is direct and clear. The text is illustrated with many examples, proofs are written in sufficient … detail and the reviewer suspects that an advanced undergraduate could tackle large sections of the text independently.” (Padraig Ó Catháin, Irish Mathematical Society Bulletin, Issue 90, 2022)“The author’s writing style is reasonably clear … . an instructor looking for a text for a somewhat unusual combinatorics course should certainly take a look at this book. The students … will get a good idea of how the subject of combinatorics intersects with other branches of mathematics, such as algebra, geometry and number theory.” (Mark Hunacek, MAA Reviews, August 1, 2021)