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This book provides an assessment of G. -C. Rota´s legacy to international research in mathematics, philosophy and computer science. It includes chapters by leading researchers as well as a number of invited research papers.

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From Combinatorics to Philosophy: The Legacy of G. -C. Rota provides an assessment of G. -C. Rota´s legacy to current international research issues in mathematics, philosophy and computer science.

This volume includes chapters by leading researchers, as well as a number of invited research papers. Rota´s legacy connects European and Italian research communities to the USA by providing inspiration to several generations of researchers in combinatorics, philosophy and computer science.

From Combinatorics to Philosophy: The Legacy of G. -C. Rota is of valuable interest to research institutions and university libraries worldwide. This book is also designed for advanced-level students in mathematics, computer science, and philosophy.

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Gian-Carlo Rota, the Man.- Gianco, my Brother.- Remembering Gian-Carlo Rota.- Gian-Carlo Rota, the Mathematician.- A Glimpse of Vector Invariant Theory. The Points of View of Weyl, Rota, De Concini and Procesi, and Grosshans.- Partitions of a Finite Partially Ordered Set.- An Algebra of Pieces of Space - Hermann Grassmann to Gian Carlo Rota.- The Eleventh and Twelveth Problems of Rota´s Fubini Lectures: from Cumulants to Free Probability Theory.- Two Examples of Applied Universal Algebra.- On the Euler Characteristic of Finite Distributive Lattices.- Rota, Probability, Algebra and Logic.- A Symbolic Treatment of Abel Polynomials.- Gian-Carlo Rota, the Philosopher.- Ethics in Thought. Gian-Carlo Rota and Philosophy.- Indiscrete Variations on Gian-Carlo Rota´s Themes.- On the Courage Needed to Do Phenomenology. Rota and Analytic Philosophy.- Rota´s Philosophical Insights.- "A Minority View" Gian-Carlo Rota´s Phenomenological Realism.

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Ernesto Damiani is a professor at the Department of Information Technology of the University of Milan. He is the Vice-Chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP).

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