Download or read book Combinatorial Theory written by Marshall Hall and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-07-16 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes proof of van der Waerden's 1926 conjecture on permanents, Wilson's theorem on asymptotic existence, and other developments in combinatorics since 1967. Also covers coding theory and its important connection with designs, problems of enumeration, and partition. Presents fundamentals in addition to latest advances, with illustrative problems at the end of each chapter. Enlarged appendixes include a longer list of block designs.