Probabilistic Methods in Combinatorial Analysis: 56 (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, Series Number 56) - Hardcover

Sachkov, Vladimir N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052145512X ISBN 13: 9780521455121

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This 1997 work explores the role of probabilistic methods for solving combinatorial problems. These methods not only provide the means of efficiently using such notions as characteristic and generating functions, the moment method and so on but also let us use the powerful technique of limit theorems. The basic objects under investigation are nonnegative matrices, partitions and mappings of finite sets, with special emphasis on permutations and graphs, and equivalence classes specified on sequences of finite length consisting of elements of partially ordered sets; these specify the probabilistic setting of Sachkov's general combinatorial scheme. The author pays special attention to using probabilistic methods to obtain asymptotic formulae that are difficult to derive using combinatorial methods. This was an important book, describing many ideas not previously available in English; the author has taken the chance to rewrite parts of the text and refresh the references where appropriate.

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Book Description

This 1997 work explores the role of probabilistic methods for solving combinatorial problems. The author pays special attention to using these methods to obtain asymptotic formulae. This was an important book, describing many ideas not previously available in English; the author has taken the chance to rewrite parts of the text and refresh the references where appropriate.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052145512X
• ISBN 13: 9780521455121
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260