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I've actually just started reading this today with about the same set of goals, and so it's nice to see someone finish the thing up. I wasn't thinking about go

by donw 19y ago

I've actually just started reading this today with about the same set of goals, and so it's nice to see someone finish the thing up. I wasn't thinking about going through this as part of a long-running blog, but now that I've found this, it might not be a bad idea to do so with some other my other undergraduate review... Speaking of which, does anyone have some good recommendations for a discrete mathematics textbook, specifically one that includes both theory (proofs) and application?

michael_dorfman 19y ago
It's probably too idiosyncratic to meet your needs, but I really like Knuth's "Concrete Mathematics"
- tjr 19y ago
  Great book, though it covers a somewhat different subset of topics than those typically considered "discrete mathematics"... http://www.mhhe.com/math/advmath/rosen/ http://www.mhhe.com/math/advmath/rosen/ ..is what we used in college; I found it hard to read in spots, but haven't really found anything overall better.
- donw 19y ago
  Ordered from Amazon; let's see if I can put that useless BA in math to some productive work...
- gms 19y ago
  It's a great book, but not exactly one in the theorem-proof-corollary vein.
SwellJoe 19y ago
I've been casually studying along with this: http://aduni.org/courses/discrete/ http://aduni.org/courses/discrete/ The recommended text is Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, by Rosen, which is a mixed bag according to reviews but the consensus is generally good. AdUni provides a full series of video lectures and quite a bit of course material. Nearly all of the AdUni.org stuff is awesome (though the ancient Abelson and Sussman lectures are far better than the Yanco lectures at AdUni.org) and a great supplement to self-study. It's mostly taught by MIT grad students (which is what you'd get if you were taking the courses at MIT, so not a bad deal).

by donw 19y ago

michael_dorfman 19y ago

It's probably too idiosyncratic to meet your needs, but I really like Knuth's "Concrete Mathematics"

tjr 19y ago
Great book, though it covers a somewhat different subset of topics than those typically considered "discrete mathematics"... http://www.mhhe.com/math/advmath/rosen/ http://www.mhhe.com/math/advmath/rosen/ ..is what we used in college; I found it hard to read in spots, but haven't really found anything overall better.
donw 19y ago
Ordered from Amazon; let's see if I can put that useless BA in math to some productive work...
gms 19y ago
It's a great book, but not exactly one in the theorem-proof-corollary vein.

SwellJoe 19y ago

I've been casually studying along with this: http://aduni.org/courses/discrete/ http://aduni.org/courses/discrete/ The recommended text is Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, by Rosen, which is a mixed bag according to reviews but the consensus is generally good. AdUni provides a full series of video lectures and quite a bit of course material. Nearly all of the AdUni.org stuff is awesome (though the ancient Abelson and Sussman lectures are far better than the Yanco lectures at AdUni.org) and a great supplement to self-study. It's mostly taught by MIT grad students (which is what you'd get if you were taking the courses at MIT, so not a bad deal).