Discrete Mathematics: Numbers and Beyond

Barnett, S.; Barnett, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0201342928 / ISBN 13: 9780201342925

Published by Prentice Hall, 1998

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Synopsis:

For the increasing number of students who need an understanding of the subject, Discrete Mathematics; Numbers and Beyond provides the perfect introduction. Aimed particularly at nonspecialists, its attractive style and practical approach offer easy access to this important field.

From the Back Cover: For the increasing number of students who need an understanding of the subject, Discrete Mathematics: Numbers and Beyond provides the perfect introduction. Aimed particularly at non-specialists, its attractive style and practical approach offer easy access to this important subject.

With an emphasis on methods and applications rather than rigorous proofs, the book's coverage is based an the essential topics of numbers, counting and numerical processes. Discrete Mathematics: Numbers and Beyond supplies the reader with a thorough grounding in number systems, modular arithmetic, combinatorics, networks and graphs, coding theory and recurrence relations. Throughout the book, learning is aided and reinforced by the following features:

a wealth of exercises and problems of varying difficulty

a wide range of illustrative applications of general interest

numerous worked examples and diagrams

team-based student projects in every chapter

concise, informal explanations

tips for further reading

Discrete Mathematics: Numbers and Beyond is an ideal textbook for an introductory discrete mathematics course taken by students of economics, computer science, mathematics, business, finance, engineering and the sciences.
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Discrete Mathematics: Numbers and Beyond
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket