Counting / Koh Khee Meng, Tay Eng Guan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koh, K. M. (Khee Meng), 1944-

Contributor:

Tay, Eng Guan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Combinatorial analysis.

Counting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An introduction to basic counting techniques for upper secondary and junior college students, as well as teachers. Younger students and lay people who appreciate mathematics or puzzle solving, should also find the book interesting. The various problems and applications here should help build up proficiency in counting, and hone basic skills and techniques in general problem solving. Many of the problems avoid routine and the diligent reader will often discover more than one way of solving a particular problem, which is an important awareness in problem solving. The book is thus designed to give students an early start to learning problem-solving heuristics and thinking skills.

Contents:

1. The addition principle

2. The multiplication principle

3. Subsets and arrangements

4. Applications

5. The bijection principle

6. Distribution of balls into boxes

7. More applications of (BP)

8. Distribution of distinct objects into distinct boxes

9. Other variations of the distribution problem

10. The binomial expansion

11. Some useful identities

12. Pascal's triangle

13. Miscellaneous problems.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105) and index.

ISBN:

981-277-712-1

OCLC:

879025443