Web Links for Chapter 6

Page 265, Basic Principles

Basic principles are addressed at http://www.cs.odu.edu/~toida/nerzic/content/counting/basic_principles.html.

Page 278, Permutations and Combinations

For a basic introduction see http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.comb.perm.html.

Page 286, Catalan Numbers

For a list of some of the items counted by the Catalan numbers and pictures of them, see http://mathforum.org/advanced/robertd/catalan.html.

Page 293, Generalized Permutations and Combinations

Check http://www.ping.be/~ping1339/tel.htm.

Page 299, Algorithms for Generating Permutations and Combinations

For information about generating permutations with links to implementations, see http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~algorith/files/generating-permutations.shtml. My own source code for generating permutations is perm.c.

Page 305, Probability

The Probability Web at http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/probweb/probweb.html is a collection of probability resources.

Page 311, Birthday Problem

A simulation is at http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/reese/birthday/intro.html.

Page 320, Binomial Coefficients and Combinatorial Identities

For a discussion of the binomial theorem, see http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BinomialTheorem.html.

Page 322, Pascal’s Triangle

A biography of Pascal is at http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Pascal.html.

Page 325, Pigeonhole Principle

A discussion of the Pigeonhole Principle and lots of examples are at http://www.cut-the-knot.com/do_you_know/pigeon.html. A biography of Dirichlet is at http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Dirichlet.html.