Download or read book Combinatorics and Commutative Algebra written by Richard P. Stanley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-10-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Stanley represents a broad perspective with respect to two significant topics from Combinatorial Commutative Algebra: 1) The theory of invariants of a torus acting linearly on a polynomial ring, and 2) The face ring of a simplicial complex * In this new edition, the author further develops some interesting properties of face rings with application to combinatorics