Schaum's Outline of Discrete Mathematics, 3rd Ed. (Schaum's Outlines) - Softcover

Lipschutz, Seymour; Lipson, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071470387 ISBN 13: 9780071470384

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2007

Synopsis

This is a topic that becomes increasingly important every year as the digital age extends and grows more encompassing in every facet of life

Discrete mathematics, the study of finite systems has become more important as the computer age has advanced, as computer arithmetic, logic, and combinatorics have become standard topics in the discipline. For mathematics majors it is one of the core required courses. This new edition will bring the outline into synch with Rosen, McGraw-Hill’s bestselling textbook in the field as well as up to speed in the current curriculum.

New material will include expanded coverage of logic, the rules of inference and basic types of proofs in mathematical reasoning. This will give students a better understanding of proofs of facts about sets and functions. There will be increased emphasis on discrete probability and aspects of probability theory, and greater accessibility to counting techniques.

This new edition features:

Counting chapter will have new material on generalized combinations

New chapter on computer arithmetic, with binary and hexagon addition and multiplication

New Cryptology chapter including substitution and RSA method

This outline is the perfect supplement to any course in discrete math and can also serve as a stand-alone textbook

About this title

Book Description:

This book covers the basic areas of study in algebra, logic, and combinatorics and shows applications to various areas of computer science. There are new chapters on: binary trees and applications and languages, grammars, and automatas. It serves as a self-study review for computer science students and math majors.

From the Back Cover:

Master discrete mathematics and ace your exams with this easy-to-use guide that reinforces problem-solving skills and reduces your study time! Students of discrete mathematics love Schaum's­­--the first edition of this book was a major bestseller--­­and this edition will show you why!

Schaum's Outline of Discrete Mathematics lets you focus on the problems that are at the heart of the subject. It cuts your study time by eliminating the extraneous material that clutters up so many textbooks.

As you study at your own pace, this guide shows you step by step how to solve the kind of problems you're going to find on your exams. It gives you hundreds of completely worked problems with full solutions. Hundreds of additional problems let you test your skills, then check the answers. And this edition features all the latest applications of discrete mathematics to computer science!

So if you want to get a firm handle on discrete mathematics­­--whether to ace your course or to build a solid basis for future work or study--­­there's no better tool than Schaum's. Schaum's is the premier college course outline-­­the one that's been trusted by generations of students--­­the one that's sold more than 30 million copies! This guide can be used as a supplement, to reinforce and strengthen the work you do with your class text. (It works well with virtually any discrete mathematics textbook.) But it is so comprehensive that it can be used alone as a text in discrete mathematics or as an independent study tool!

Chapters include:

• Set Theory
• Relations, Functions, and Algorithms
• Vectors and Matrices
• Counting Graph Theory
• Probability Theory
• Directed Graphs
• Algebraic Systems
• Ordered Sets
• Logic and Propositional Calculus
• Boolean Algebra
• Binary Trees
• Languages, Grammars, and Machines
• Properties of the Integers

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0071470387
• ISBN 13: 9780071470384
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 504