Question

What is combinatorics? How do we pronounce the word 'combinatorics'?

Answer 1

study of permutations and combinations
com-bin-na-tor-ics

Answer 2

to be more in depth, you start with binomial theorem move to stirling numbers and pigeon hole principles of inclusion and exclusion then Graph Colouring and Chromatic Polynomials

Answer 3

heres a combinatooric question from the class i took in 2009:

Let G = (V;E) be a bipartite graph (V = V1 [ V2 and all
edges are incident with one vertex in V1 and one vertex in V2). Show
that any cycle in G has an even number of edges.

Answer 4

I pronoucne it as 'com(as in the city of qom in Iran) bin (as in garbage bin) a (rhymes with hey!) torics

Answer 5

I like the sound of graph coloring and chromatic polynomials. Do you think combinatorics will interest me if I study it?