Lectures on advances in combinatorics (Q929393)

The present book concentrates on special topics in Combinatorial Theory. In 16 lectures organized in 6 chapters problems from Extremal Set Theory, Coding Theory and from Combinatorial Number Theory are discussed. Proofs are presented for problems which were open for many decades. In the first chapter the authors give a short overview of basic concepts from probability that are used later in the book. The next chapters can be read independently of one another. At the end of each chapter there are exercises, open research problems, and conjectures. More additional material including applications and possible research programs can be found in the Appendix. Several concepts discussed in the book arise from problems in sciences like Information Theory, Computer Science, or Statistical Physics. The book can be used as a study material for an advanced graduate course on Combinatorial Theory.