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Well… it depends on the paper! Some stuff might need more than a single course of background to fully understand. For more rudimentary papers, any undergrad co
by phillmv 15y ago
Well… it depends on the paper! Some stuff might need more than a single course of background to fully understand.
For more rudimentary papers, any undergrad course on discrete mathematics should get you started. I personally was forced to read http://www.amazon.com/Discrete-Mathematics-Applications-Susanna-Epp/dp/0534359450 http://www.amazon.com/Discrete-Mathematics-Applications-Susa... - and it's pretty decent.
- ericmoritz 15y agoThanks for the recommendation. That was one of the text books that I looked at but the sticker shock steered me towards free MIT course notes.
- bwarp 15y agoBuy it second hand from Amazon - they are much cheaper! ($17) +1 for the book recommendation - I also have a copy of that.
- arghnoname 15y agoI don't know if it is true about that book in particular, but if I'm buying a textbook as a resource I usually look for the international editions. They sell near identical versions of the books (shuffle the problem sets around) in other places around for much, much less.