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This is a translation of a book that appeared in Russian in 2000. The two main topics are combinatorial properties of matrices, especially 0-1 matrices, and using such matrices to prove theorems about combinatorial structures such as graphs and designs. Since the Russian edition of this book has been reviewed (this Zbl 0981.05001) it is not necessary to say much about the contents. However, for the sake of completeness we mention that Chapter 3 contains the two proofs by Egorychev and Falikman of the van der Waerden conjecture. The exposition is generally elementary and clear. Very little background is required but in some places methods from analysis are required. For a course in combinatorics with emphasis on matrix methods, the book is quite suitable. The translation is reasonable although occasional errors (such as incorrect usage of articles) do occur. Being a translation from Russian, the wordy style of the exposition was unavoidable.