Extremal Combinatorics

Download or read book Extremal Combinatorics written by Stasys Jukna and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-06-12 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a concise, up-to-date introduction to extremal combinatorics for non-specialists. Strong emphasis is made on theorems with particularly elegant and informative proofs which may be called the gems of the theory. A wide spectrum of the most powerful combinatorial tools is presented, including methods of extremal set theory, the linear algebra method, the probabilistic method and fragments of Ramsey theory. A thorough discussion of recent applications to computer science illustrates the inherent usefulness of these methods.