Algebraic combinatorics, matrix integrals and algebraic geometry

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Combinatorics is the study of arrangements of sets of finite objects and relationships between them. Research in combinatorics is centrally motivated by applications in other mathematical and physical sciences, and in engineering. Many such applications require only that one determine the number of objects in a set, called "counting" the set. In algebraic combinatorics we make extensive use of results and methods from algebra in this study. One of the most fundamental combinatorial objects is called a permutation, which reorders the elements of a finite set. A transposition is a very simple permutation, that simply interchanges the order of ("transposes") two of the elements. A product of permutations is obtained by successive reordering, and in algebra, the set of all permutations of a set with this product is called the symmetric group.