Overview
This books gives an introduction to discrete mathematics for beginning undergraduates. One of original features of this book is that it begins with a presentation of the rules of logic as used in mathematics. Many examples of formal and informal proofs are given. With this logical framework firmly in place, the book describes the major axioms of set theory and introduces the natural numbers. The rest of the book is more standard. It deals with functions and relations, directed and undirected graphs, and an introduction to combinatorics. There is a section on public key cryptography and RSA, with complete proofs of Fermat's little theorem and the correctness of the RSA scheme, as well as explicit algorithms to perform modular arithmetic. The last chapter provides more graph theory. Eulerian and Hamiltonian cycles are discussed. Then, we study flows and tensions and state and prove the max flow min-cut theorem. We also discuss matchings, covering, bipartite graphs.
Full Product Details
Author: Jean Gallier
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.730kg
ISBN: 9781441980465
ISBN 10: 1441980466
Pages: 466
Publication Date: 25 January 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
From the reviews: This well-written, highly illustrated book will be very useful and interesting to students in both mathematics and computer science. Attractive features of this book include clear presentations, end-of-chapter summaries and references, a useful set of problems of varying difficulty, and a symbol as well as a subject index. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals/practitioners. (D. V. Chopra, Choice, Vol. 48 (11), July, 2011)
From the reviews: This well-written, highly illustrated book will be very useful and interesting to students in both mathematics and computer science. ! Attractive features of this book include clear presentations, end-of-chapter summaries and references, a useful set of problems of varying difficulty, and a symbol as well as a subject index. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals/practitioners. (D. V. Chopra, Choice, Vol. 48 (11), July, 2011)
Author Information
Jean Gallier is a Professor in the Computer and Information Science Department, School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
