From Combinatorics to Philosophy The Legacy of G.-C. Rota

From Combinatorics to Philosophy: The Legacy of G. -C. Rota provides an assessment of G. -C. Rota's legacy to current international research issues in mathematics, philosophy and computer science.
This volume includes chapters by leading researchers, as well as a number of invited research papers. Rota's legacy connects European and Italian research communities to the USA by providing inspiration to several generations of researchers in combinatorics, philosophy and computer science.
From Combinatorics to Philosophy: The Legacy of G. -C. Rota is of valuable interest to research institutions and university libraries worldwide. This book is also designed for advanced-level students in mathematics, computer science, and philosophy.

About the author

Ernesto Damiani is a professor at the Department of Information Technology of the University of Milan. He is the Vice-Chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP).

Summary

From Combinatorics to Philosophy: The Legacy of G. -C. Rota provides an assessment of G. -C. Rota's legacy to current international research issues in mathematics, philosophy and computer science.
This volume includes chapters by leading researchers, as well as a number of invited research papers. Rota’s legacy connects European and Italian research communities to the USA by providing inspiration to several generations of researchers in combinatorics, philosophy and computer science.
From Combinatorics to Philosophy: The Legacy of G. -C. Rota is of valuable interest to research institutions and university libraries worldwide. This book is also designed for advanced-level students in mathematics, computer science, and philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Ernesto Damiani, Ottavio D'Antona, Vincenzo Marra, Fabrizio Palombi
• Assisted by: Ernesto Damiani (Editor), Fabrizio Palombi (Editor), Ottavio D'Antona (Editor), Vincenzo Marra (Editor), Ottavi D'Antona (Editor), Vincenzo Marra et al (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 21.08.2009
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780387887524
• ISBN: 978-0-387-88752-4
• Pages: 262
• Illustrations: XVIII, 262 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 16.5 x 23.7 cm
• Weight (packing): 560 g
• Subjects: Stochastik, Algebra, Geometrie, C, Phenomenology, Phänomenologie und Existenzphilosophie, Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und Statistik, Diskrete Mathematik, computer science, Computer Science, general, geometry, Combinatorics, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Discrete Mathematics, Probability & statistics, Combinatorics & graph theory, Probabilities, Stochastics, Probability Theory, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Order, Lattices, Ordered Algebraic Structures, Ordered algebraic structures