Proofs and Confirmations: The Story of the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture (Spectrum) - Softcover

Bressoud, David M.

 
9780521666466: Proofs and Confirmations: The Story of the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture (Spectrum)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521666465 ISBN 13: 9780521666466
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

An introduction to recent developments in algebraic combinatorics and an illustration of how research in mathematics actually progresses.

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Review

'Proofs and Confirmations is one of the most brilliant examples of mathematical exposition that I have encountered, in many years of reading the same. This is not for the faint-hearted, nor is Proofs and Confirmations a book that can be read in an easy chair, like a novel; it demands active participation by the reader. But Bressoud rewards such readers with a panorama of combinatorics today and with renewed awe at the human ability to penetrate the deeply hidden mysteries of pure mathematics.' Herbert S. Wilf, Science

'The unexpected twists and turns will hardly be matched in any novel - this book allows us all to share in the excitement ... a brilliant book.' Alun O. Morris

'I strongly recommend the book as an account of a remarkable mathematical development.' P. J. Cameron, Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society

'This is an excellent book which can be recommended without hesitation, not only to specialists in the field, but to any mathematician with time to read something interesting and nicely written.' EMS

Book Description

This is an introduction to recent developments in algebraic combinatorics and an illustration of how research in mathematics actually progresses. The author recounts the story of the search for and discovery of a proof of a counting formula conjectured in the late 1970s with connections to disparate topics in mathematics and physics including partition theory, symmetric functions, hypergeometric series, and statistical mechanics.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521666465
ISBN 13 
9780521666466
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
292

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