Overview
The new edition of this text includes additional chapters on statements and proof, logical framework, and natural numbers and the integers. The updated chapters offer over 1000 tailored exercises, and an accompanying website contains hints and solutions to all exercises. The text is designed explicitly for mathematicians and computer scientists seeking a first approach to this important topic.
Full Product Details
Author: Norman L. Biggs (, Professor of Mathematics, London School of Economics, University of London)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 19.70cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.035kg
ISBN: 9780198507185
ISBN 10: 0198507186
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 19 December 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
`For the Second Edition: ... it is a wonderful book. Biggs' expository style is of the highest quality. ' Professor James Reid, University of Mississippi ` ... a well written book by a world-renowned expert. The explanations go to the heart of the matter and the proofs given are elegant. ' Professor Mohan Shrikhande, University of Michigan ` the material is well written in a clear and lucid style ' Dr Jim Renshaw, University of Southampton ` the new chapters are elegantly written ' Dr Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge `from recent reviews of the first edition: Biggs' book ... a timely and important addition to the literature ... stands out for its clarity of exposition, its careful organization, and for the way in which it reduces unnecessary abstraction to a minimum ... The range of topics covered is astonishing ... and ... it is written with humour and a lightness of touch which make it a pleasure to read. ' Times Higher Education Supplemement ` It seems to me that the book is as comprehensive as one could hope. I strongly recommend it ' Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society ` the comprehensive course of discrete mathematics ' L'Enseignement Mathematique, t.36, fasc.1-2, 1990
"`For the Second Edition: ""... it is a wonderful book. Biggs' expository style is of the highest quality."" ' Professor James Reid, University of Mississippi `""... a well written book by a world-renowned expert. The explanations go to the heart of the matter and the proofs given are elegant."" ' Professor Mohan Shrikhande, University of Michigan `"" the material is well written in a clear and lucid style"" ' Dr Jim Renshaw, University of Southampton `""the new chapters are elegantly written"" ' Dr Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge `from recent reviews of the first edition: ""Biggs' book ... a timely and important addition to the literature ... stands out for its clarity of exposition, its careful organization, and for the way in which it reduces unnecessary abstraction to a minimum ... The range of topics covered is astonishing ... and ... it is written with humour and a lightness of touch which make it a pleasure to read."" ' Times Higher Education Supplemement `""It seems to me that the book is as comprehensive as one could hope. I strongly recommend it"" ' Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society `""the comprehensive course of discrete mathematics"" ' L'Enseignement Mathematique, t.36, fasc.1-2, 1990"
A well known definition says that a textbook is a book such that everybody thinks he can write a better one. Biggs' Discrete Mathematics is an exception - not only for its wide range of topics and its clear organization but notably for its excellent style of explanation. EMS
