A Beginner's Guide to Discrete Mathematics - Tapa dura

<P>WALLIS'S BOOK ON DISCRETE MATHEMATICS IS A RESOURCE FOR AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN A SUBJECT FUNDAMENTAL TO BOTH MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, A COURSE THAT IS EXPECTED NOT ONLY TO COVER CERTAIN SPECIFIC TOPICS BUT ALSO TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO IMPORTANT MODES OF THOUGHT SPECIFIC TO EACH DISCIPLINE . . . LOWER-DIVISION UNDERGRADUATES THROUGH GRADUATE STUDENTS. —CHOICE REVIEWS (REVIEW OF THE FIRST EDITION)</P><P>VERY APPROPRIATELY ENTITLED AS A 'BEGINNER'S GUIDE', THIS TEXTBOOK PRESENTS ITSELF AS THE FIRST EXPOSURE TO DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND RIGOROUS PROOF FOR THE MATHEMATICS OR COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT. —ZENTRALBLATT MATH (REVIEW OF THE FIRST EDITION)</P><P>THIS SECOND EDITION OF A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO DISCRETE MATHEMATICS PRESENTS A DETAILED GUIDE TO DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER MATHEMATICAL SUBJECTS INCLUDING SET THEORY, PROBABILITY, CRYPTOGRAPHY, GRAPH THEORY, AND NUMBER THEORY. THIS TEXTBOOK HAS A DISTINCTLY APPLIED ORIENTATION AND EXPLORES A VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS. KEY FEATURES OF THE SECOND EDITION: * INCLUDES A NEW CHAPTER ON THE THEORY OF VOTING AS WELL AS NUMEROUS NEW EXAMPLES AND EXERCISES THROUGHOUT THE BOOK * INTRODUCES FUNCTIONS, VECTORS, MATRICES, NUMBER SYSTEMS, SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS, AND THE REPRESENTATION OF NUMBERS IN COMPUTERS * PROVIDES EXAMPLES WHICH THEN LEAD INTO EASY PRACTICE PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE TEXT AND FULL EXERCISE AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER * FULL SOLUTIONS FOR PRACTICE PROBLEMS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THE BOOK</P><P>THIS TEXT IS INTENDED FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, HOWEVER, FEATURED SPECIAL TOPICS AND APPLICATIONS MAY ALSO INTEREST GRADUATE STUDENTS.</P>