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082 _a510.76
_bLOZ/W
100 _aLozansky, Edward
245 0 _aWinning solutions/
_cEdward Lozansky and Cecil Rousseau
260 _aNew York:
_bSpringer,
_c1996.
300 _ax, 244p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
440 _a(Problem books in mathematics)
505 _a1 Numbers -- 1.1 The Natural Numbers -- 1.2 Mathematical Induction -- 1.3 Congruence -- 1.4 Rational and Irrational Numbers -- 1.5 Complex Numbers -- 1.6 Progressions and Sums -- 1.7 Diophantine Equations -- 1.8 Quadratic Reciprocity -- 2 Algebra -- 2.1 Basic Theorems and Techniques -- 2.2 Polynomial Equations -- 2.3 Algebraic Equations and Inequalities -- 2.4 The Classical Inequalities -- 3 Combinatorics -- 3.1 What is Combinatorics? -- 3.2 Basics of Counting -- 3.3 Recurrence Relations -- 3.4 Generating Functions -- 3.5 The Inclusion-Exclusion Principle -- 3.6 The Pigeonhole Principle -- 3.7 Combinatorial Averaging -- 3.8 Some Extremal Problems -- Hints and Answers for Selected Exercises -- General References -- List of Symbols.
650 _aNumber theory
650 _aCombinatorial analysis
650 _aMathematics
700 _aRousseau, Cecil
942 _cWB16