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A textbook suitable for undergraduate courses. The materials are presented very explicitly so that students will find it very easy to read. A wide range of examples, about 500 combinatorial problems taken from various mathematical competitions and exercises are also included. Contents: Permutations and Combinations Binomial Coefficients and Multinomial Coefficients The Pigeonhole Principle and Ramsey Numbers The Principle of Inclusion and Exclusion Generating Functions Recurrence Relations Readership: Undergraduates, graduates and mathematicians.