COMBINATORICS Ancient and Modern

WILSON Robin, WATKINS John J.

ISBN 10: 0199656592 / ISBN 13: 9780199656592

Published by Oxford University Press, 2013. 9780199656592, 2013

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1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. x + 381, illus with drawings, diagrams and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions). Seller Inventory # 184788

Bibliographic Details

Title: COMBINATORICS Ancient and Modern

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013. 9780199656592

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The first book-length survey of the history of combinatorics and uniquely assembles research in the area that would otherwise be inaccessible to the general reader.

About the Author:

Robin Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, Emeritus Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and a former Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. He is currently President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics. He has written and edited many books on graph theory, including Introduction to Graph Theory and Four Colours Suffice, and on the history of mathematics, including Lewis Carroll in Numberland. He is involved with the popularization and communication of mathematics and its history, and was awarded a Pólya prize by the Mathematical Association of America for 'outstanding expository writing'.

John J. Watkins is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Colorado College, USA. He received his doctorate from the University of Kansas, specializing in commutative ring theory. His main research interest, however, has been in graph theory and he has published mainly in this area, including many papers with undergraduates as co-authors. He has written several books, including Graphs: An Introductory Approach, Across the Board: The Mathematics of Chessboard Problems, and Topics in Commutative Ring Theory, and has recently finished his latest book, Elementary Number Theory. Colorado College presented John Watkins with the 2005 Boettcher Award for Faculty Excellence.