By L. Lovász, Princeton University, Department of Computer Science, USA
Description The aim of this book is to introduce a range of combinatorial methods for those who want to apply these methods in the solution of practical
and theoretical problems. Various tricks and techniques are taught by means of exercises. Hints are given in a separate section and a
third section contains all solutions in detail. A dictionary section gives definitions of the combinatorial notions occurring in the
book.
Combinatorial Problems and Exercises was first published in 1979. This revised edition has the same basic structure
but has been brought up to date with a series of exercises on random walks on graphs and their relations to eigenvalues, expansion properties
and electrical resistance. In various chapters the author found lines of thought that have been extended in a natural and significant
way in recent years. About 60 new exercises (more counting sub-problems) have been added and several solutions have been simplified.
