Preface; 1. What is combinatorics?; 2. On numbers and counting; 3. Subsets, partitions, permutations; 4. Recurrence relations and generating functions; 5. The principle of inclusion and exclusion; 6. Latin squares and SDRs; 7. Extremal set theory; 8. Steiner triple theory; 9. Finite geometry; 10. Ramsey's theorem; 11. Graphs; 12. Posets, lattices and matroids; 13. More on partitions and permutations; 14. Automorphism groups and permutation groups; 15. Enumeration under group action; 16. Designs; 17. Error-correcting codes; 18. Graph colourings; 19. The infinite; 20. Where to from here?; Answers to selected exercises; Bibliography; Index.

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