Enumerative Combinatorics: Volume 2
This second volume of a two-volume basic introduction to enumerative combinatorics covers the composition of generating functions, trees, algebraic generating functions, D-finite generating functions, noncommutative generating functions, and symmetric functions. The chapter on symmetric functions provides the only available treatment of this subject suitable for an introductory graduate course on combinatorics, and includes the important Robinson-Schensted-Knuth algorithm. Also covered are connections between symmetric functions and representation theory. An appendix by Sergey Fomin covers some deeper aspects of symmetric function theory, including jeu de taquin and the Littlewood-Richardson rule. As in Volume 1, the exercises play a vital role in developing the material. There are over 250 exercises, all with solutions or references to solutions, many of which concern previously unpublished results. Graduate students and research mathematicians who wish to apply combinatorics to their work will find this an authoritative reference.
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Enumerative Combinatorics: Volume 2
This second volume of a two-volume basic introduction to enumerative combinatorics covers the composition of generating functions, trees, algebraic generating functions, D-finite generating functions, noncommutative generating functions, and symmetric functions. The chapter on symmetric functions provides the only available treatment of this subject suitable for an introductory graduate course on combinatorics, and includes the important Robinson-Schensted-Knuth algorithm. Also covered are connections between symmetric functions and representation theory. An appendix by Sergey Fomin covers some deeper aspects of symmetric function theory, including jeu de taquin and the Littlewood-Richardson rule. As in Volume 1, the exercises play a vital role in developing the material. There are over 250 exercises, all with solutions or references to solutions, many of which concern previously unpublished results. Graduate students and research mathematicians who wish to apply combinatorics to their work will find this an authoritative reference.
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Enumerative Combinatorics: Volume 2

Enumerative Combinatorics: Volume 2

Enumerative Combinatorics: Volume 2

Enumerative Combinatorics: Volume 2

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This second volume of a two-volume basic introduction to enumerative combinatorics covers the composition of generating functions, trees, algebraic generating functions, D-finite generating functions, noncommutative generating functions, and symmetric functions. The chapter on symmetric functions provides the only available treatment of this subject suitable for an introductory graduate course on combinatorics, and includes the important Robinson-Schensted-Knuth algorithm. Also covered are connections between symmetric functions and representation theory. An appendix by Sergey Fomin covers some deeper aspects of symmetric function theory, including jeu de taquin and the Littlewood-Richardson rule. As in Volume 1, the exercises play a vital role in developing the material. There are over 250 exercises, all with solutions or references to solutions, many of which concern previously unpublished results. Graduate students and research mathematicians who wish to apply combinatorics to their work will find this an authoritative reference.

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ISBN-13: 9781139636193
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01/13/1999
Series: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics , #62
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 24 MB
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Table of Contents

5. Composition of generating functions; 6. Algebraic, D-finite, and noncommutative generating functions; 7. Symmetric functions; Appendix Sergey Fomin.

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"...sure to become a standard as an introductory graduate text in combinatorics."
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"As a researcher, Stanley has few peers in combinatorics...the trove of exercises with solutions will form a vital resource; indeed, exercise 6.19 on the Catalan numbers, in 66 (!) parts, justifies the investment by itself. Both volumes highly recommended for all libraries."
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"Volume 2 not only lives up to the high standards set by Volume 1, but surpasses them... Stanley's book is a valuable contribution to enumerative combinatorics. Beginners will find it an accessible introduction to the subject, and experts will still find much to learn from it."
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