combinatorial analysis

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. the branch of mathematics that deals with permutations and combinations, especially used in statistics and probability.

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combinatorial analysis British  

noun

1. Also called: combinatorics.  the branch of mathematics concerned with the theory of enumeration, or combinations and permutations, in order to solve problems about the possibility of constructing arrangements of objects which satisfy specified conditions

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Etymology

Origin of combinatorial analysis

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Professor James Waddell Alexander will lecture on combinatorial analysis situs, hold seminars on the applications of algebra and group theory to topology.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a total absence of orderly development, and until the first third of the 19th century had passed, Euler’s classical paper remained alike the chief result and the only scientific method of combinatorial analysis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

Other branches of combinatorial analysis were, from any general point of view, absolutely neglected.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various