Proofs and Confirmations The Story of the Alternating-Sign Matrix Conjecture |
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| Author:
| Bressoud, David M. |
| Contribution by:
| Alexanderson, Gerald L.
Choudhury, Dipa
Firey, William J. |
| Series title: | Spectrum Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-66646-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1999 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $47.99 |
Book Description:
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This is an introduction to recent developments in algebraic combinatorics and an illustration of how research in mathematics actually progresses. The author recounts the story of the search for and discovery of a proof of a counting formula conjectured in the late 1970s with connections to disparate topics in mathematics and physics including partition theory, symmetric functions, hypergeometric series, and statistical mechanics.
This is an introduction to recent developments in algebraic combinatorics and an illustration of how research in mathematics actually progresses. The author recounts the story of the search for and discovery of a proof of a counting formula conjectured in the late 1970s with connections to disparate topics in mathematics and physics including partition theory, symmetric functions, hypergeometric series, and statistical mechanics.