This volume contains the Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, held at the Universita di Firenze (Italie), June 21 to 25, 1993. The purpose of the conference was to thoroughly explore the relationships between combinatorics and computer science, and their applications in other parts of mathematics and science.
The topics covered are diverse and illustrate very well the fruitful interactions between combinatorics and computer science, algebra and analysis. They can be regrouped within the following fields: --formal power series, -combinatorics on words and formal languages, --enumerative combinatorics, the study and decomposition of structures, --algebraic combinatorics, symmetric functions and representation theory, ---algorithms and computer algebra, geometric, topological aspects, orthogonal polynomials.
Remerciements/Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the members of the program committee and the numerous referees who participated in the selection of papers. We also address our thanks to:
--our sponsors Italisiel, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerce, SUN, Fondazione IBM, Siemens Nixdorf, Banca Toscana, --the speakers, all participants and the organizing committee for their contribution in making the conference a success.