The art of proving binomial identities / Michael Z. Spivey.
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TextPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781351215800; 1351215809; 9781351215824; 1351215825; 9781351215794; 1351215795; 9781351215817; 1351215817Subject(s): Binomial coefficients -- Textbooks | Binomial theorem -- Textbooks | MATHEMATICS / Algebra / Intermediate | MATHEMATICS / General | MATHEMATICS / Set Theory | MATHEMATICS / CombinatoricsDDC classification: 512.9/422 LOC classification: QA161.B48 | S65 2019ebOnline resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Summary: The book has two goals: (1) Provide a unified treatment of the binomial coefficients, and (2) Bring together much of the undergraduate mathematics curriculum via one theme (the binomial coefficients). The binomial coefficients arise in a variety of areas of mathematics: combinatorics, of course, but also basic algebra (binomial theorem), infinite series (Newton's binomial series), differentiation (Leibniz's generalized product rule), special functions (the beta and gamma functions), probability, statistics, number theory, finite difference calculus, algorithm analysis, and even statistical mechanics.
The book has two goals: (1) Provide a unified treatment of the binomial coefficients, and (2) Bring together much of the undergraduate mathematics curriculum via one theme (the binomial coefficients). The binomial coefficients arise in a variety of areas of mathematics: combinatorics, of course, but also basic algebra (binomial theorem), infinite series (Newton's binomial series), differentiation (Leibniz's generalized product rule), special functions (the beta and gamma functions), probability, statistics, number theory, finite difference calculus, algorithm analysis, and even statistical mechanics.
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