Elementary and Beyond deals with discrete mathematics, a crucial field of research with applications in cryptography, linear programming, coding theory, and theoretical computer science. This textbook is written by Laszlo Lovasz and is aimed at students of mathematics and computer science who want to gain insight into the core of mathematics and its problems.
Description
The book discusses important results and methods from discrete mathematics, with an emphasis on combinatorics and graph theory, supplemented with elements from number theory, probability theory, and combinatorial geometry. Through proofs, examples, figures, and exercises, it helps students understand complex problems. The author, Laszlo Lovasz, is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft and a winner of the Wolf Prize and the Gödel Prize.
Product specifications
- Author: Laszlo Lovasz
- Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Publication date: January 27, 2003
- Number of pages: 284
- ISBN: 9780387955841
- Subject: Combinatorics and graph theory
- BISAC: MATHEMATICS / Combinatorics
About the author
Laszlo Lovasz is a Senior Researcher in the Theory Group at Microsoft Corporation. In 1999, he received the Wolf Prize and the Gödel Prize for outstanding contributions to theoretical computer science. Co-authors Jozsef Pelikan and Katalin Vesztergombi also have an important academic background in mathematics and education.