Subjects:  1. General    2. Logic    3. Modality (Logic)    4. Philosophy    5. Mathematical foundations    6. Mathematics / Combinatorics    7. Philosophy / Logic   

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Mathematics that everyone can do and enjoy
If there is one area of recreational mathematics that is accessible to everyone, it is the practice of polyominoes. For in many cases, that is all it takes to solve the problems. While proving a result can be difficult, understanding the proof is almost always very easy. Read more

Subjects:  1. Combinatorics    2. Geometry - General    3. Mathematical Recreations    4. Mathematics    5. Polyominoes    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Geometry    8. Mathematics / General   

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The basics of proof techniques covered in sufficient depth
As the title indicates, the legendary Paul Erdos was involved in the creation of this book. In 1983, Erdos and other Hungarian mathematicians started the Budapest Semester in Mathematics (BSM), a program for American and Canadian undergraduate students. One of the courses in this program involves creative problem solving, which was the motivation for the material in this book. As is the case with books on problem solving, no particular area of mathematics is examined. The emphasis is on proof techniques, which are largely independent of the mathematical topic.Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Logic    3. Mathematics    4. Mathematics / Geometry / General    5. Mathematics / Number Theory    6. Proof theory    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Geometry - General    9. Mathematical foundations    10. Mathematics / Combinatorics    11. Number Theory    12. Study and teaching   

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A reprint at last!
A text truly deserving the designation "classic"; bravo to Springer for reprinting this book!This seminal text provides a clear exposition of the topic, along with numerous jumping-off points for exploring interesting outgrowths and tangents.A must-have text for anyone interested in the subject.

Great book
A "must read" for everybody who is interested in combinatorial aspects of algebra. You can read whole book or some chapters (free groups, free constructions, diagrams, 1-relator, ...). I don't think it's forabsolute beginners, but if you want, you understand it. It would be greatif this book were reprinted with some complements (which could be writtenby Ol'shanskii, Gersten, Sapir,Shupp, Stallings, Guba, S.Ivanov,Baumslag, Lysyonok ...)

A very good textbook
It's an absolute pity that this book is out of print, since it's one of the few good recent textbooks about combinatorial group theory. One can only hope it will be reprinted soon... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Combinatorial group theory    2. Combinatorics    3. General    4. Group Theory    5. Mathematics    6. Medical    7. Psychiatry - General    8. 05E15    9. 20Exx    10. 20Fxx    11. 20J05    12. Combinatorics & graph theory    13. Groups & group theory    14. Linear algebra    15. Mathematics / Group Theory    16. combinatorial groups   

Subjects:  1. Combinatorics    2. Discrete Mathematics    3. Graph Theory    4. Graphic Methods    5. Mathematics    6. Random graphs    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Combinatorics & graph theory    9. Mathematics / Discrete Mathematics   

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Subjects:  1. Combinatorics    2. Forcing (Model theory)    3. General    4. Mathematics    5. Model Theory    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Mathematical logic    8. Mathematics / Combinatorics   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books And Software    2. First-order logic    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Logic    5. Mathematics    6. Microcomputer Operating Environments    7. Tarski's world    8. Mathematical foundations    9. Mathematics / Combinatorics    10. Mathematics / Logic    11. Tarski's world - Handbooks, manuals, etc.   

Subjects:  1. Algebra - Abstract    2. Mathematics    3. Probability & Statistics - General    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Algebra    6. Combinatorics & graph theory    7. Mathematics / Probability   

Subjects:  1. Block designs    2. Coding Theory    3. General    4. Graph Theory    5. Mathematics    6. Probability & Statistics - General    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Combinatorics & graph theory    9. Geometry    10. Mathematics / Probability   

Subjects:  1. Combinatorics    2. Electric engineering    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Engineering Mathematics    5. Graph Theory    6. Graphic Methods    7. Mathematics    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Electronics & Communications Engineering    11. Mathematical modelling    12. Mathematics for scientists & engineers   

Subjects:  1. Arithmetic    2. Combinatorics    3. Foundations    4. General    5. Mathematics    6. Number theory    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Set theory    9. Arithmetic--Foundations    10. Mathematics / Combinatorics   

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Concise and non-trivial
Discrete maths underpins most of modern cryptography and information theory. Quite different from continuum maths like calculus that a student might already be familiar with. Here, Anderson provides us with a concise introduction to the subject, that assumes no prior coursework in this field.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer science    2. Discrete Mathematics    3. Discrete Mathematics (Computer Science)    4. Mathematics    5. Reference    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Combinatorial Mathematics    8. Combinatorics & graph theory    9. Designs    10. Enumeration    11. Graph Theory    12. Latin Squares    13. Mathematics / Discrete Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. Group Theory    2. Mathematics    3. Permutation Groups    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Combinatorics & graph theory    6. Groups & group theory    7. Mathematics / Algebra / General    8. Mathematics / Group Theory   

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This is definitely Higher!
I was looking for a book for my girlfriend this Christmas and stumbled upon this one.At first I thought it would be too light but was I ever mistaken!!This book is so high that it would make Jack Kerouac dizzy.It begins with a treatment of basic category theory and ccc's and then goes on to present toposes and intuitionistic type theory.The authors take care to annotate their turnstile with the set of free variables (Hah!I bet you thought I had no idea what this book was about!) so that they can deal with empty types in a reasonable way.The treatment of presheaf models is very lucid and the discussion of internal languages and lambda-calculi is excellent.In fact many papers of Koymans are just exercises from this book worked out.The book is slightly out of date, no treatment of linear logic or symmetric monoidal-closed categories.Overall this book is highly recommended for the beginner and expert alike. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Logic    3. Mathematics    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Category theory    6. Mathematics / Combinatorics   

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Knuth's eccentricity discourages beginners
I found that Knuth's reputation for eccenctricity gets in the way of actually getting to the meat of the book.For example, getting the programs to compile under Windows was not as straightforward as it could be (although not that difficult).Much harder was to get used to the idea of using CTANGLE and CWEB in order to get Graphbase to a state where you can actually compile it.Read more

Subjects:  1. Algorithms (Computer Programming)    2. Combinatorial Analysis    3. Combinatorics    4. Computer Books: Languages    5. Data processing    6. Graphic Methods    7. Mathematics    8. Programming - General    9. Stanford GraphBase    10. Combinatorics & graph theory    11. Computer Programming    12. Computers / Programming / General    13. Mathematical theory of computation   

Subjects:  1. Algebra - Linear    2. Categories (Mathematics)    3. Category Theory    4. Combinatorics    5. General    6. Mathematics    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Algebra    9. Mathematics / Combinatorics   

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Good middling book
The treatment is logically rigorous and impeccably arranged, yet, ironically, this book suffers from its best feature: it is comprehensive. As a book becomes more encyclopedic, it becomes less useful for pedagogy. Introduction to Graph Theory is somewhere in the middle. It is an adequate reference work and an adequate textbook. Steering a middle course, the book is bound to dissatisfy people with specific needs, but readers needing both a reference and a text will find the book satisfying.
Graph lovers' book
West is enthusiastic about graph theory.I do not recommend this book for independent study, nor would I recommend it for a first-time student of graph theory.It is called "Introduction to Graph Theory", not because it is an appropriate introductory text for new students, but because it covers a broad area of the subject.I recommend it for a student who has read at least one lower-level introductory text and would like to round out their knowledge of graph theory in a more in-depth way.
Just a pile of theorems without much insight
This book is an average book on graph theory. Although the author is an authority in the field, he seems to just have collected a bunch of theorems and put them together "a la" copy-and-paste, without filling up the gaps with useful insights.Intuition is always the key on a book that claims to be introductory, and this book lacks a lot of that. Probably useful as a reference book, but again not as "Introduction to Graph Theory" (and to be used as a "handbook of graph theory" it would need much more material.
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Subjects:  1. Graph Theory    2. Graphic Methods    3. Mathematical Analysis    4. Mathematics    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Combinatorics & graph theory    7. Mathematics / Advanced   

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Great stuff!!
This is by far the best book on Schubert varieties that I have ever seen. Precise, yet detailed, thorough but never pedantic. Billey is a wonder. The writing, though admirably confined to math, is poetic; never more so, than in that lyrical sentence that begins "Let there be a Wyle space..."

Illuminates the subject matter
Clear, cogent, and to the point. Explores the relevant variables and delivers the goods. A must read for Schubert afficionados. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Advanced    2. Algebraic Geometry    3. Combinatorics    4. General    5. Geometry - Algebraic    6. Mathematics    7. Schubert varieties    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Algebra and differential geometry    10. Differential & Riemannian geometry    11. Mathematics / Geometry / Algebraic    12. Topology    13. lie groups    14. topological groups   

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Excellent!
This is a very clear book, easy to read.It is a very enjoyable.

A little gem
One of most common problems with most math textbooks is the excess of inappropriate details.The basic format of this book is concise presentation of the essentials followed by diverse problems.Instead ofgiving an imcomplete introduction to the more advanced ideas like someauthors do Jackson and Thoro tell you where to find them in other books atthe end of every section.This book is proof that it doesn't take a famousmathematician to write a good book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Combinatorial analysis    2. Combinatorics    3. Mathematics    4. Science/Mathematics