A textbook suitable for undergraduate courses. The materials are presented very explicitly so that students will find it very easy to read. A wide range of examples, about 500 combinatorial problems taken from various mathematical competitions and exercises are also included.
Permutations and combinations; binomial coefficients and multinomial coefficients; the Pigeonhole principle and Ramsey numbers; the principle of inclusion and exclusion; generating functions; recurrence relations.
"This book should be a must for all mathematicians who are involved in the training of Mathematical Olympiad teams, but it will also be a valuable source of problems for university courses." Mathematical Reviews
Fengming Dong, Khee-meng Koh, Kee L Teo, S'pore) Dong, Fengming (Ntu, S'pore) Koh, Khee-meng (S'pore Univ Of Technology & Design, New Zealand) Teo, Kee L (Massey Univ, Dong F M, DONG F M
Fengming Dong, Khee-meng Koh, Kee L Teo, S'pore) Dong, Fengming (Ntu, S'pore) Koh, Khee-meng (S'pore Univ Of Technology & Design, New Zealand) Teo, Kee L (Massey Univ, Dong F M, DONG F M