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Table of contents (15 papers)
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Front Matter
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Gian-Carlo Rota, the Man
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Gian-Carlo Rota, the Mathematician
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Gian-Carlo Rota, the Philosopher
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Dipto Tecnologie Informatiche, Università Milano, Crema, Italy
Ernesto Damiani
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Dipto. Informatica e Comunicazione, Università Milano, Milano, Italy
Ottavio D’Antona, Vincenzo Marra
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Dipto. Filosofia, Università della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy
Fabrizio Palombi
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Combinatorics to Philosophy
Book Subtitle: The Legacy of G.-C. Rota
Editors: Ernesto Damiani, Ottavio D’Antona, Vincenzo Marra, Fabrizio Palombi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88753-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-88752-4Published: 04 August 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8298-8Published: 21 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-88753-1Published: 24 July 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 262
Topics: Computer Science, general, Combinatorics, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Geometry, Order, Lattices, Ordered Algebraic Structures, Phenomenology