Examples of combinatorics in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Data science is another tool that encompasses AI plus statistical analysis, mathematical optimization, simulation, search and matching algorithms, graph theory and combinatorics. — Sushil Verma, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022 And there are many other open problems in combinatorics that could benefit from the ideas Simkin used. — Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2021 Their strategy is called a random greedy algorithm, and it’s been used to solve many other problems in the area of combinatorics. — Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2021 On May 19, Ashwin Sah posted the best result ever on one of the most important questions in combinatorics. — Quanta Magazine, 30 Nov. 2020 The Erdos-Turan conjecture in additive combinatorics is one of the longest lasting unsolved problems. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2020

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