Author: François Bergeron
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521573238
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The combinatorial theory of species, introduced by Joyal in 1980, provides a unified understanding of the use of generating functions for both labelled and unlabelled structures and as a tool for the specification and analysis of these structures. Of particular importance is their capacity to transform recursive definitions of tree-like structures into functional or differential equations, and vice versa. The goal of this book is to present the basic elements of the theory and to give a unified account of its developments and applications. It offers a modern introduction to the use of various generating functions, with applications to graphical enumeration, Polya theory and analysis of data structures in computer science, and to other areas such as special functions, functional equations, asymptotic analysis and differential equations. This book will be a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers in combinatorics, analysis, and theoretical computer science.
Combinatorial Species and Tree-like Structures
Author: François Bergeron
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521573238
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The combinatorial theory of species, introduced by Joyal in 1980, provides a unified understanding of the use of generating functions for both labelled and unlabelled structures and as a tool for the specification and analysis of these structures. Of particular importance is their capacity to transform recursive definitions of tree-like structures into functional or differential equations, and vice versa. The goal of this book is to present the basic elements of the theory and to give a unified account of its developments and applications. It offers a modern introduction to the use of various generating functions, with applications to graphical enumeration, Polya theory and analysis of data structures in computer science, and to other areas such as special functions, functional equations, asymptotic analysis and differential equations. This book will be a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers in combinatorics, analysis, and theoretical computer science.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521573238
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The combinatorial theory of species, introduced by Joyal in 1980, provides a unified understanding of the use of generating functions for both labelled and unlabelled structures and as a tool for the specification and analysis of these structures. Of particular importance is their capacity to transform recursive definitions of tree-like structures into functional or differential equations, and vice versa. The goal of this book is to present the basic elements of the theory and to give a unified account of its developments and applications. It offers a modern introduction to the use of various generating functions, with applications to graphical enumeration, Polya theory and analysis of data structures in computer science, and to other areas such as special functions, functional equations, asymptotic analysis and differential equations. This book will be a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers in combinatorics, analysis, and theoretical computer science.
Analytic Combinatorics
Author: Philippe Flajolet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139477161
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 825
Book Description
Analytic combinatorics aims to enable precise quantitative predictions of the properties of large combinatorial structures. The theory has emerged over recent decades as essential both for the analysis of algorithms and for the study of scientific models in many disciplines, including probability theory, statistical physics, computational biology, and information theory. With a careful combination of symbolic enumeration methods and complex analysis, drawing heavily on generating functions, results of sweeping generality emerge that can be applied in particular to fundamental structures such as permutations, sequences, strings, walks, paths, trees, graphs and maps. This account is the definitive treatment of the topic. The authors give full coverage of the underlying mathematics and a thorough treatment of both classical and modern applications of the theory. The text is complemented with exercises, examples, appendices and notes to aid understanding. The book can be used for an advanced undergraduate or a graduate course, or for self-study.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139477161
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 825
Book Description
Analytic combinatorics aims to enable precise quantitative predictions of the properties of large combinatorial structures. The theory has emerged over recent decades as essential both for the analysis of algorithms and for the study of scientific models in many disciplines, including probability theory, statistical physics, computational biology, and information theory. With a careful combination of symbolic enumeration methods and complex analysis, drawing heavily on generating functions, results of sweeping generality emerge that can be applied in particular to fundamental structures such as permutations, sequences, strings, walks, paths, trees, graphs and maps. This account is the definitive treatment of the topic. The authors give full coverage of the underlying mathematics and a thorough treatment of both classical and modern applications of the theory. The text is complemented with exercises, examples, appendices and notes to aid understanding. The book can be used for an advanced undergraduate or a graduate course, or for self-study.
Combinatorial Stochastic Processes
Author: Jim Pitman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 354030990X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The purpose of this text is to bring graduate students specializing in probability theory to current research topics at the interface of combinatorics and stochastic processes. There is particular focus on the theory of random combinatorial structures such as partitions, permutations, trees, forests, and mappings, and connections between the asymptotic theory of enumeration of such structures and the theory of stochastic processes like Brownian motion and Poisson processes.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 354030990X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The purpose of this text is to bring graduate students specializing in probability theory to current research topics at the interface of combinatorics and stochastic processes. There is particular focus on the theory of random combinatorial structures such as partitions, permutations, trees, forests, and mappings, and connections between the asymptotic theory of enumeration of such structures and the theory of stochastic processes like Brownian motion and Poisson processes.
Combinatorics: The Art of Counting
Author: Bruce E. Sagan
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470460327
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This book is a gentle introduction to the enumerative part of combinatorics suitable for study at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. In addition to covering all the standard techniques for counting combinatorial objects, the text contains material from the research literature which has never before appeared in print, such as the use of quotient posets to study the Möbius function and characteristic polynomial of a partially ordered set, or the connection between quasisymmetric functions and pattern avoidance. The book assumes minimal background, and a first course in abstract algebra should suffice. The exposition is very reader friendly: keeping a moderate pace, using lots of examples, emphasizing recurring themes, and frankly expressing the delight the author takes in mathematics in general and combinatorics in particular.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470460327
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This book is a gentle introduction to the enumerative part of combinatorics suitable for study at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. In addition to covering all the standard techniques for counting combinatorial objects, the text contains material from the research literature which has never before appeared in print, such as the use of quotient posets to study the Möbius function and characteristic polynomial of a partially ordered set, or the connection between quasisymmetric functions and pattern avoidance. The book assumes minimal background, and a first course in abstract algebra should suffice. The exposition is very reader friendly: keeping a moderate pace, using lots of examples, emphasizing recurring themes, and frankly expressing the delight the author takes in mathematics in general and combinatorics in particular.
Combinatorial Species and Tree-like Structures
Author: F. Bergeron
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781139886703
Category : Combinatorial enumeration problems
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This book is the first complete presentation in English of the combinatorial theory of species, introduced by A. Joyal in 1980. It gives a unified understanding of the use of generating functions for both labeled and unlabeled structures and also provides a tool for the specification and analysis of these structures. Of particular importance is the capacity of combinatorial species to transform recursive definitions of tree-like structures into functional or differential equations, and conversely.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781139886703
Category : Combinatorial enumeration problems
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This book is the first complete presentation in English of the combinatorial theory of species, introduced by A. Joyal in 1980. It gives a unified understanding of the use of generating functions for both labeled and unlabeled structures and also provides a tool for the specification and analysis of these structures. Of particular importance is the capacity of combinatorial species to transform recursive definitions of tree-like structures into functional or differential equations, and conversely.
Combinatorial Matrix Theory
Author: Richard A. Brualdi
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3319709534
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book contains the notes of the lectures delivered at an Advanced Course on Combinatorial Matrix Theory held at Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM) in Barcelona. These notes correspond to five series of lectures. The first series is dedicated to the study of several matrix classes defined combinatorially, and was delivered by Richard A. Brualdi. The second one, given by Pauline van den Driessche, is concerned with the study of spectral properties of matrices with a given sign pattern. Dragan Stevanović delivered the third one, devoted to describing the spectral radius of a graph as a tool to provide bounds of parameters related with properties of a graph. The fourth lecture was delivered by Stephen Kirkland and is dedicated to the applications of the Group Inverse of the Laplacian matrix. The last one, given by Ángeles Carmona, focuses on boundary value problems on finite networks with special in-depth on the M-matrix inverse problem.
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3319709534
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book contains the notes of the lectures delivered at an Advanced Course on Combinatorial Matrix Theory held at Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM) in Barcelona. These notes correspond to five series of lectures. The first series is dedicated to the study of several matrix classes defined combinatorially, and was delivered by Richard A. Brualdi. The second one, given by Pauline van den Driessche, is concerned with the study of spectral properties of matrices with a given sign pattern. Dragan Stevanović delivered the third one, devoted to describing the spectral radius of a graph as a tool to provide bounds of parameters related with properties of a graph. The fourth lecture was delivered by Stephen Kirkland and is dedicated to the applications of the Group Inverse of the Laplacian matrix. The last one, given by Ángeles Carmona, focuses on boundary value problems on finite networks with special in-depth on the M-matrix inverse problem.
Notes on Counting: An Introduction to Enumerative Combinatorics
Author: Peter J. Cameron
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108417361
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
An introduction to enumerative combinatorics, vital to many areas of mathematics. It is suitable as a class text or for individual study.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108417361
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
An introduction to enumerative combinatorics, vital to many areas of mathematics. It is suitable as a class text or for individual study.
Algebraic and Combinatorial Computational Biology
Author: Raina Robeva
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128140690
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Algebraic and Combinatorial Computational Biology introduces students and researchers to a panorama of powerful and current methods for mathematical problem-solving in modern computational biology. Presented in a modular format, each topic introduces the biological foundations of the field, covers specialized mathematical theory, and concludes by highlighting connections with ongoing research, particularly open questions. The work addresses problems from gene regulation, neuroscience, phylogenetics, molecular networks, assembly and folding of biomolecular structures, and the use of clustering methods in biology. A number of these chapters are surveys of new topics that have not been previously compiled into one unified source. These topics were selected because they highlight the use of technique from algebra and combinatorics that are becoming mainstream in the life sciences. - Integrates a comprehensive selection of tools from computational biology into educational or research programs - Emphasizes practical problem-solving through multiple exercises, projects and spinoff computational simulations - Contains scalable material for use in undergraduate and graduate-level classes and research projects - Introduces the reader to freely-available professional software - Supported by illustrative datasets and adaptable computer code
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128140690
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Algebraic and Combinatorial Computational Biology introduces students and researchers to a panorama of powerful and current methods for mathematical problem-solving in modern computational biology. Presented in a modular format, each topic introduces the biological foundations of the field, covers specialized mathematical theory, and concludes by highlighting connections with ongoing research, particularly open questions. The work addresses problems from gene regulation, neuroscience, phylogenetics, molecular networks, assembly and folding of biomolecular structures, and the use of clustering methods in biology. A number of these chapters are surveys of new topics that have not been previously compiled into one unified source. These topics were selected because they highlight the use of technique from algebra and combinatorics that are becoming mainstream in the life sciences. - Integrates a comprehensive selection of tools from computational biology into educational or research programs - Emphasizes practical problem-solving through multiple exercises, projects and spinoff computational simulations - Contains scalable material for use in undergraduate and graduate-level classes and research projects - Introduces the reader to freely-available professional software - Supported by illustrative datasets and adaptable computer code
Basic Phylogenetic Combinatorics
Author: Andreas Dress
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521768322
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
The first book to systematically introduce the emerging area of phylogenetic combinatorics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521768322
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
The first book to systematically introduce the emerging area of phylogenetic combinatorics.
The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain
Author: Terrence W. Deacon
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393343022
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
"A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book Review This revolutionary book provides fresh answers to long-standing questions of human origins and consciousness. Drawing on his breakthrough research in comparative neuroscience, Terrence Deacon offers a wealth of insights into the significance of symbolic thinking: from the co-evolutionary exchange between language and brains over two million years of hominid evolution to the ethical repercussions that followed man's newfound access to other people's thoughts and emotions. Informing these insights is a new understanding of how Darwinian processes underlie the brain's development and function as well as its evolution. In contrast to much contemporary neuroscience that treats the brain as no more or less than a computer, Deacon provides a new clarity of vision into the mechanism of mind. It injects a renewed sense of adventure into the experience of being human.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393343022
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
"A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book Review This revolutionary book provides fresh answers to long-standing questions of human origins and consciousness. Drawing on his breakthrough research in comparative neuroscience, Terrence Deacon offers a wealth of insights into the significance of symbolic thinking: from the co-evolutionary exchange between language and brains over two million years of hominid evolution to the ethical repercussions that followed man's newfound access to other people's thoughts and emotions. Informing these insights is a new understanding of how Darwinian processes underlie the brain's development and function as well as its evolution. In contrast to much contemporary neuroscience that treats the brain as no more or less than a computer, Deacon provides a new clarity of vision into the mechanism of mind. It injects a renewed sense of adventure into the experience of being human.