Proofs and confirmations : the story of the alternating sign matrix conjecture / David M. Bressoud.

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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 formula conjectured in the late 1970s: the number of n x n alternating sign...

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Main Author: Bressoud, David M., 1950- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Spectrum.
Subjects:
Matrices.
Combinatorial analysis.
Statistical mechanics.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Variant Title:
Proofs & Confirmations.
Format: Electronic eBook

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