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Book Information:
Author:
Richard P. Stanley
Title:
Enumerative combinatorics, Volume 2
Additional book information:
Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge,
1999,
xii+581 pp.,
ISBN 0-521-56069-1,
$74.95$
1. S. Abhyankar, Two notes on formal power series, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 7 (1956), 903-905. MR 18:277a
2. D. André, Solution directe du problème résolu par M. Bertrand, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 105 (1887), 436-437
3. F. Bergeron, G. Labelle, and P. Leroux, Combinatorial Species and Tree-like Structures, Cambridge University Press, 1998. MR 1629341
4. A. Cayley, A theorem on trees, Quart. J. Math. 23 (1889), 376-378.
5. C. Chevalley, Introduction to the Theory of Algebraic Functions of One Variable, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, 1951. MR 13:64a
6. I. P. Goulden and D. M. Jackson, Combinatorial Enumeration, Wiley, New York, 1983. MR 0702512
7. F. Harary and E. M. Palmer, Graphical Enumeration, Academic Press, New York, 1973. MR 0357214
8. I. G. Macdonald, Symmetric Functions and Hall Polynomials, second edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995. MR 1354144
9. G. Pólya, Kombinatorische Anzahlbestimmungen für Gruppen, Graphen, un chemische Verbindungen, Acta Math. 68 (1937), 145-253.
10. G. Pólya and R. C. Read, Combinatorial Enumeration of Groups, Graphs, and Chemical Compounds, Springer-Verlag, New York/Berlin, 1987. MR 0884155
11. H. Prüfer, Neuer Beweis eines Satzes über Permutationen, Archiv für Mathematik und Physik 27 (1918), 142-144.
12. C. Schensted, Longest increasing and decreasing subsequences, Canad. J. Math. 13 (1961), 179-191. MR 0121305
13. R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Vol. 1, Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole, Monterey, 1986. MR 0847717
14. D. Zeilberger, A proof of Julian West's conjecture that the number of two-stack-sortable permutations of length 
is 
, Discrete Math. 102 (1992), 85-93. MR 1168135
- 1.
- S. Abhyankar, Two notes on formal power series, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 7 (1956), 903-905. MR 18:277a
- 2.
- D. André, Solution directe du problème résolu par M. Bertrand, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 105 (1887), 436-437
- 3.
- F. Bergeron, G. Labelle, and P. Leroux, Combinatorial Species and Tree-like Structures, Cambridge University Press, 1998. MR 1629341
- 4.
- A. Cayley, A theorem on trees, Quart. J. Math. 23 (1889), 376-378.
- 5.
- C. Chevalley, Introduction to the Theory of Algebraic Functions of One Variable, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, 1951. MR 13:64a
- 6.
- I. P. Goulden and D. M. Jackson, Combinatorial Enumeration, Wiley, New York, 1983. MR 0702512
- 7.
- F. Harary and E. M. Palmer, Graphical Enumeration, Academic Press, New York, 1973. MR 0357214
- 8.
- I. G. Macdonald, Symmetric Functions and Hall Polynomials, second edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995. MR 1354144
- 9.
- G. Pólya, Kombinatorische Anzahlbestimmungen für Gruppen, Graphen, un chemische Verbindungen, Acta Math. 68 (1937), 145-253.
- 10.
- G. Pólya and R. C. Read, Combinatorial Enumeration of Groups, Graphs, and Chemical Compounds, Springer-Verlag, New York/Berlin, 1987. MR 0884155
- 11.
- H. Prüfer, Neuer Beweis eines Satzes über Permutationen, Archiv für Mathematik und Physik 27 (1918), 142-144.
- 12.
- C. Schensted, Longest increasing and decreasing subsequences, Canad. J. Math. 13 (1961), 179-191. MR 0121305
- 13.
- R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Vol. 1, Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole, Monterey, 1986. MR 0847717
- 14.
- D. Zeilberger, A proof of Julian West's conjecture that the number of two-stack-sortable permutations of length is , Discrete Math. 102 (1992), 85-93. MR 1168135
Review Information:
Reviewer:
Ira M. Gessel
Affiliation:
Brandeis University
Email:
gessel@brandeis.edu
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
39 (2002), 129-135
Published electronically:
October 12, 2001
Review copyright:
© Copyright 2001
American Mathematical Society
