Product Description

Discrete Mathematics by Example is designed for an undergraduate course and provides many exercises and examples, enabling the development of students' understanding of the principles of discrete mathematics through appropriate pedagogical methods.

The text includes chapters on propositional and predicate logic; typed set theory; boolean algebra; relations; functions; sequences; induction and graph theory.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #755090 in Books
• Published on: 2001-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages

Customer Reviews

An excellent introduction to discrete mathematics
I was a first year computer science student struggling to understand discrete mathematics when I bought this textbook on a whim. I was very pleased with the book when I received it - it is easy to read and has a clear layout, both real bonuses for an academic book. However, the book's real strength is in the way it helps you actually understand each topic. For every new concept, clear examples and exercises are given for you to work through, with solutions included at the back of the book. Because of this, I found the book an indispensable tool as you actively learn by doing. Each chapter is carefully constructed and starts with the most basic ideas, allowing the reader to work up to the more complex concepts at their own pace.

This book helped me pass my exams and I cannot recommend it enough. The only drawback, and it is a very minor one, is that some students were put off by its size. However, the large size is not uncommon for textbooks, and working through the whole book will be very useful for anyone who wants to understand the principles of discrete mathematics.

very, very threatening...
This book, although started very well got into unecessary complicated language and some very depressing explanations about things that could be said in a word.
I am a computer science student, and I haven't dealt with discrete mathematics before. I bought this book because it was a set text for my paper. Well, I failed the paper and wasted a lot of time trying to decipher the language of the author. I'm sure that the book may seem as "unthreatening" to the author or anyone that already understands discrete mathematics, but for me...it was hell.
And it hardly uses "appropriate pedagogical methods".
Beware.