num_pages: 272
description: Coherent treatment provides comprehensive view of basic methods and results of the combinatorial study of finite set systems. The Clements-Lindstrom extension of the Kruskal-Katona theorem to multisets is explored, as is the Greene-Kleitman result concerning k -saturated chain partitions of general partially ordered sets. Connections with Dilworth's theorem, the marriage problem, and probability are also discussed. Each chapter ends with a helpful series of exercises and outline solutions appear at the end. "An excellent text for a topics course in discrete mathematics." — Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.
language: English
title: Combinatorics of Finite Sets
titlecomplete: Combinatorics of Finite Sets (Dover Books on Mathematics)
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Dover Publications