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008			150601s2016 njua b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781119061953
040			_aISI Library
082	0	4	_a511.6 _223 _bAl454
100	1		_aAlon, Noga, _eauthor
245	1	4	_aProbabilistic method / _cNoga Alon and Joel H. Spencer.
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aNew Jersey : _bJohn Wiley, _c©2016.
300			_axiv, 375 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_a1. The basic method -- 2. Linearity of expectation -- 3. Alterations -- 4. The second moment -- 5. The local lemma -- 6. Correlation inequalities -- 7. Martingales and tight concentration -- 8. The Poisson paradigm -- 9. Quasirandomness -- 10. Random graphs -- 11. The Erdos-Renyi phase transition -- 12 Circuit complexity -- 13. Discrepancy -- 14. Geometry -- 15. Codes, games and entropy -- 16. Derandomization -- 17. Graph property testing -- Appendices.
520			_aThis is a classic in probabilistic methods as applied specifically to combinatorics and computations. The specific applications of the probabilistic methods in number theory have novel presentation hard to find elsewhere.
650		0	_aCombinatorial analysis.
650		0	_aProbabilities.
700	1		_aSpencer, Joel H., _eauthor
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aAlon, Noga. _tProbabilistic method _bFourth edition. _dHoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2016] _z9781119062073 _w(DLC) 2015022139
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