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Combinatorics ′86, Proceedings of the International Conference on Incidence Geometries and Com binatorial Structures

By A. Barloti , M. Marchi and G. Tallini (Eds.)

Book information

Publisher
North Holland
Year
1988
ISBN
978-0-444-70369-9
ISSN
0167-5060
LCC
QA167 .I59 1986
Open Library ID
OL2401837M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3373514 bytes)
Series
Annals of Discrete Mathematics 37
Pages
ii-xvi, 1-502\267
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

Recent developments in all aspects of combinatorial and incidence geometry are covered in this volume, including their links with the foundations of geometry, graph theory and algebraic structures, and the applications to coding theory and computer science. Topics covered include Galois geometries, blocking sets, affine and projective planes, incidence structures and their automorphism groups. Matroids, graph theory and designs are also treated, along with weak algebraic structures such as near-rings, near-fields, quasi-groups, loops, hypergroups etc., and permutation sets and groups. The vitality of combinatorics today lies in its important interactions with computer science. The problems which arise are of a varied nature and suitable techniques to deal with them have to be devised for each situation; one of the special features of combinatorics is the often sporadic nature of solutions, stemming from its links with number theory. The branches of combinatorics are many and various, and all of them are represented in the 56 papers in this volume.

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