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Wiley India Pvt Ltd Combinatorial Theory 2nd Edition by Hall Marshall
Includes proof of van der Waerdens 1926 conjecture on permanents, Wilsons theorem on asymptotic existence and other developments in combinatoric since 1967. Also covers coding theory and its important connection with designs, problems of enumeration and partition. Presents fundamentals in addition to latest advances, with illustrative problems at the end of each chapter. Enlarged appendixes include a longer list of block designs.ContentsPermutations and CombinationsInversion FormulaeGenerating Functions and RecursionsPartitionsDistinct RepresentativesRamseys TheoremSome Extremal ProblemsConvex Spaces and Linear ProgrammingGraphical Methods, Debruijn SequencesBlock DesignsDifference SetsFinite GeometriesOrthogonal Latin SquaresHadamard MatricesGeneral Constructions of Block DesignsTheorems on Completion and EmbeddingCoding Theory and Block DesignsAppendicesBibliographyIndex