Discrete mathematics and its applications / Kenneth H. Rosen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosen, Kenneth H.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics.

Computer science--Mathematics.

Computer science.

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.

Physical Description:

xxii, 843, A-15, B-7, S-90, C-1, I-18 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, [2007]

Summary:

"Discrete Mathematics and its Applications," Sixth Edition, is intended for one- or two-term introductory discrete mathematics courses taken by students from a wide variety of majors, including computer science, mathematics, and engineering. This renowned best-selling text, which has been used at over 500 institutions around the world, gives a focused introduction to the primary themes in a discrete mathematics course and demonstrates the relevance and practicality of discrete mathematics to a wide a wide variety of real-world applications... from computer science to data networking, to psychology, to chemistry, to engineering, to linguistics, to biology, to business, and to many other important fields.

Contents:

The foundations : logic and proofs

Basic structures : sets, functions, sequences, and sums

The fundamentals : algorithms, the integers, and matrices

Induction and recursion

Counting

Discrete probability

Advanced counting techniques

Relations

Graphs

Trees

Boolean algebra

Modeling computation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page B-1 - B-7) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0072880082

0073229725

9780072880083

9780073229720

OCLC:

67346104

Publisher Number:

99939838916

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