The main purpose of the combinatorics number system is to provide a representation in arithmetic. One would have to be very mathematical to understand combinatorics.

Electronic Journal of Combinatorics was created in 1994.

European Journal of Combinatorics was created in 1993.

Alan Tucker has written:

'Applied combinatorics' -- subject(s): Combinatorial analysis, Graph theory, Mathematics

'Applied combinatorics' -- subject(s): Graph theory, Combinatorial analysis, MATHEMATICS / Combinatorics

As basic as combinatorics is, I feel that just the basic knowledge of the recognition of what a number actually is, would be more basic of a principle.