Discrete mathematical structures

International edition

Bernard Kolman, Robert C. Busby, Sharon Cutler Ross

526 pages, parution le 20/11/2003 (5^eme édition)

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Résumé

Discrete mathematics is an interesting course to teach and to study at the freshman and sophomore level for several reasons. Its content is mathematics, hut most of its applications and more than half its students are I'rom computer science. Thus careful motivation of topics and previews of applications are important and necessary strategies. Moreover, there are a number of substantive and diverse topics covered in the course, so a text must proceed clearly and carefully, emphasizing key ideas with suitable pedagogy. In addition, the student is often expected to develop an important new skill: the ability to write a mathematical proof. This skill is excellent training for writing good computer programs.

This text can be used by students in mathematics as an introduction to the fundamental ideas of discrete mathematics, and a foundation for the development of more advanced mathematical concepts. If used in this way, the topics dealing with specific computer science applications can be ignored or selected independently as important examples. The text can also be used in a computer science or computer engineering curriculum to present the foundations of many basic computer-related concepts and provide a coherent development and common theme for these ideas. The instructor can easily develop a suitable course by referring to the chapter prerequisites which identify material needed by that chapter.

Preface

Fundamentals
Logic
Counting
Relations and digraphs
Functions
Order relations ans structures
Trees
Topics in graph theory
Semigroups and groups
Languages and finite-state machines
Groups and coding
Appendices
Glossary
Index

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Prentice Hall
Auteur(s)	Bernard Kolman, Robert C. Busby, Sharon Cutler Ross
Parution	20/11/2003
Édition	5^eme édition
Nb. de pages	526
Format	20 x 25,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	940g
Intérieur	2 couleurs
EAN13	9780131230460
ISBN13	978-0-13-123046-0