Die mathematischen Schriften von G.W. Leidniz zur Kombinatorik (Book Review).

From this brief survey of the manuscripts it will be evident that Leibniz's researches on the combinatorial art and its applications form an important if hitherto little known part of his work in mathematics, so that the publication of this source material represents a highly significant contribution to Leibnizian scholarship. The editor has carried through the difficult task of collation and transcription of the manuscripts with great skill and meticulous thoroughness. In particular, the arrangement of mathematical formulae and tables is always clear, while the volume concludes with an index of the manuscripts transcribed and an index of names cited in the manuscripts. Nevertheless, readers who are not specialists in the field may find the meaning of these notes, written by Leibniz without thought of publication and using unfamiliar notation and nomenclature, sometimes difficult to penetrate. Such readers will be further indebted to the editor for the invaluable assistance in the interpretation of Leibniz's ideas that he has provided in a commentary on the manuscripts, already published as a separate volume. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]