Principles and Techniques in Combinatorics

A textbook suitable for undergraduate courses. The materials are presented very explicitly so that students will find it very easy to read. A wide range of examples, about 500 combinatorial problems taken from various mathematical competitions and exercises are also included.Contents: Permutations and CombinationsBinomial Coefficients and Multinomial CoefficientsThe Pigeonhole Principle and Ramsey NumbersThe Principle of Inclusion and ExclusionGenerating FunctionsRecurrence Relations
Readership: Undergraduates, graduates and mathematicians.