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- Title : Proofs and Confirmations: The Story of the Alternating-Sign Matrix Conjecture (Spectrum)
- Author : David M. Bressoud
- Rating : 4.80 (569 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-1-24
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 292 Pages
- Asin : 0521666465
- Language : English
It is all these and much more: a historical novel, a detective story and, implicitly, a philosophical manifesto. Take a look." MAA Online"the book will appeal to anyone who likes algebra and combinatorics, and is curious as to what is currently going on at intersection of these two disciplines." William Gasarch . And he's done a wonderful job at exposing the flavor of research mathematics. Yet the mathematics is deep, and all the proofs are completeProofs and Confirmations is destined to be a classic." American Mathematical Monthly"Bressoud's book provides an opportunity to learn about all the mainstays of combinatorics like partitions, lattice paths, plane partitions, and hypergeometric functions by tracing a narrative that reads like a taut detective novel." Choice"Bressoud has done a very nice job of presenting us with a readable book which delivers a self-contained look at some current mDavid Bressoud is DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College, Minnesota.
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