Introductory Combinatorics

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Summary: Reasonable, but not exceptional text
Review: Bogart has done a decent job with this text. It does a good job of covering a broad selection of topics and is generally readable. Beware the typographical errors, as they are often very subtle and leave you wondering if it was an error or if you just don't understand. Don't let Chapter 1 give you the wrong impression of the text, as it belabors things much more than the rest of the text does. It initally left a bad taste in my mouth, but the remainder of the book provides the right amount of exposition, except for a few points in Chapter 6 (Combinatorial Designs) where Bogart leaves too many proofs as exercises without giving a sufficient idea on how to complete the proof.

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Summary: One of the most complete combinatorics books around...
Review: I was amazed at the quality of the descriptions in this book. It has easy to understand examples and does a very good job of connecting combinatorics and graph theory. It even has integer partitions and Stirling numbers.

Rating:
Summary: One of the most complete combinatorics books around...
Review: I was amazed at the quality of the descriptions in this book. It has easy to understand examples and does a very good job of connecting combinatorics and graph theory. It even has integer partitions and Stirling numbers.