Discrete mathematics

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium, WADS 2017, held in St.

This proceedings volume presents selected, peer-reviewed contributions from the 26th National School on Algebra, which was held in Constanta, Romania, on August 26-September 1, 2018.

A q-clan with q a power of 2 is equivalent to a certain generalized quadrangle with a family of subquadrangles each associated with an oval in the Desarguesian plane of order 2.

The aim of this work is to present in a unified approach a series of results concerning totally convex functions on Banach spaces and their applications to building iterative algorithms for computing common fixed points of mea- surable families of operators and optimization methods in infinite dimen- sional settings.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems, DCFS 2018, held in Halifax, NS, Canada, in July 2018.

Near-Rings and Near-Fields opens with three invited lectures on different aspects of the history of near-ring theory.

Foreword by James L.

This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, ISAIM 2024, and the 22nd International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis, IWCIA 2024, held in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, during January 8-10, 2024.

The aim of this text is to introduce discrete mathematics to beginning students of mathematics or computer science.

This book presents the state of the art on numerical semigroups and related subjects, offering different perspectives on research in the field and including results and examples that are very difficult to find in a structured exposition elsewhere.

This book provides a de?

Typically, undergraduates see real analysis as one of the most di?

This book should illustrate the impact of collaborations between mathematics and industry.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2019, held in Durham, UK, in July 2019.

From Combinatorics to Philosophy: The Legacy of G.

Many of the modern variational problems in topology arise in different but overlapping fields of scientific study: mechanics, physics and mathematics.

This book presents the proceedings of the international conference Analytic Aspects in Convexity, which was held in Rome in October 2016.

This volume, which ten years ago appeared as the first in the acclaimed series Lecture Notes in Logic, serves as an introduction to recursion theory.

Malliavin Calculus in Finance: Theory and Practice aims to introduce the study of stochastic volatility (SV) models via Malliavin Calculus.

Stochastic local search (SLS) algorithms are among the most prominent and successful techniques for solving computationally difficult problems in many areas of computer science and operations research, including propositional satisfiability, constraint satisfaction, routing, and scheduling.

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Algorithms and Complexity, CIAC 2019, held in Rome, Italy, in May 2019.

Graph theory has experienced a tremendous growth during the 20th century.

To mark the World Mathematical Year 2000 an International Conference on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics in honour of the legendary Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanuj~ was held at the centre for Advanced study in Mathematics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India during October 2-6, 2000.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th IAPR-TC-15 International Workshop on Graph-Based Representations in Pattern Recognition, GbRPR 2025, held in Caen, France, in June 2025.

This classic text, originally from the noted logician Elliot Mendelson, is intended to be an easy-to-read introduction to the basic ideas and techniques of game theory.

This book covers association schemes for graduate mathematicians and statisticians, minimum prerequisites, numerous examples and exercises.

This book presents to the reader a modern axiomatic construction of three-dimensional Euclidean geometry in a rigorous and accessible form.

This textbook will continue to be the best suitable textbook written specifically for a first course on probability theory and designed for industrial engineering and operations management students.

An Elementary Transition to Abstract Mathematics will help students move from introductory courses to those where rigor and proof play a much greater role.

This proceedings volume collects contributions from the 5th AIRO Young Workshop and AIRO PhD School 2021 joint event on "e;Optimization and Data Science: Trends and Applications"e;, held online, from February 8 to 12, 2021.

This  two volume set LNCS 14422-14423 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference, COCOON 2023, held in Hawaii, HI, USA, during December 2023.

This volume collects contributions by leading experts in the area of commutative algebra related to the INdAM meeting "e;Homological and Computational Methods in Commutative Algebra"e; held in Cortona (Italy) from May 30 to June 3, 2016 .

This book treats the fundamental issues and algorithmic strategies emerging as the core of the discipline of discrete optimization in a comprehensive and rigorous fashion.

Stochastic geometry, based on current developments in geometry, probability and measure theory, makes possible modeling of two- and three-dimensional random objects with interactions as they appear in the microstructure of materials, biological tissues, macroscopically in soil, geological sediments etc.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 201st International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis, IWCIA 2022, held in Messina, Italy, in July 2022.

Combinatorics and Number Theory of Counting Sequences is an introduction to the theory of finite set partitions and to the enumeration of cycle decompositions of permutations.

Defined as solutions of linear differential or difference equations with polynomial coefficients, D-finite functions play an important role in various areas of mathematics.

The contributions in this volume cover a broad range of topics including maximum cliques, graph coloring, data mining, brain networks, Steiner forest, logistic and supply chain networks.

A clear and lucid bottom-up approach to the basic principles of evolutionary algorithms Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are a type of artificial intelligence.

Fuzzy Sets, Logics and Reasoning about Knowledge reports recent results concerning the genuinely logical aspects of fuzzy sets in relation to algebraic considerations, knowledge representation and commonsense reasoning.

This book provides a valuable glimpse into discrete curvature, a rich new field of research which blends discrete mathematics, differential geometry, probability and computer graphics.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets and Concurrency, PETRI NETS 2021, which was held virtually in June 2021.

This monograph introduces a novel and effective approach to counting lattice paths by using the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) as a type of periodic generating function.

This book constitutes selected papers from the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Rewriting Logic and Its Applications, WRLA 2022, held in Munich, Germany, in April 2022.