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Combinatorial Tools

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Discrete Mathematics

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It is time to learn one of the most important tools in discrete mathematics. We start with a question:

We add up the first n odd numbers. What do we get?

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  1. Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA, 98052-6399, USA

    L. Lovász

  2. Department of Algebra and Number Theory, Eõtvõs Loránd University, Pázmány Péter Sétany 1/C, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary

    J. Pelikán

  3. Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Box 354-350, Seattle, WA, 98195-4350, USA

    K. Vesztergombi

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Lovász, L., Pelikán, J., Vesztergombi, K. (2003). Combinatorial Tools. In: Discrete Mathematics. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21777-0_2

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