Discrete Mathematics

Reasonably priced and came in good condition!

In my former career as a Research Physicist, I was very comfortable with continuous mathematics i.e. real numbers, calculus, PDE etc. In my current career as a software engineer / computer scientist I wanted a deeper appreciation for the algorithms, I was developing and reading about, a better feel for the mathematics underlying computer science. After surveying a number of texts - I was extremely fortunate to have found Gary Chartrand's Discrete Mathematics. Over the course of 4 months I consistently (~750 pomodoros) worked through this book, making notes, doing exercises and applying the insights into my own work.The book itself is fun to read, Chartrand, has done an excellent job, in explaining sometimes complex concepts and making them accessible to the reader. The book is extremely well written - I found myself saying wow! a few times whilst reading the book. Most importantly the book has given me such a solid foundation in my career as a software engineer, helped me breeze through various Coursera courses, and increased my appreciation for such a beautiful subject.I'm a long time out of University, but learning is a life long endeavor - to all those students looking for a gateway to Discrete Mathematics - this book makes Discrete Mathematics come alive - I highly recommend this book by Gary Chartrand.

Book is for my grandson’s college coding class. Seller rated it’s condition as good, I would rate it as excellent. Received it before the estimated date. Would definitely recommend.

Pros:-concrete examples-accessible writing style-many practice problems-cheaper than many other textbooksCons:-no colors in the book (which makes me sleepy)-sometimes the proofs are too concise, making things hard to understand-yet sometimes the proofs are unnecessarily wordyOverall, I recommend this book if you are studying discrete math for the first time or if you need a refresher. If you need a reference book then maybe some other book is better.

This book takes you from the ground up, starting with the basic composition of statements, and logic. It then moves into other topics such as sets, methods of proof, induction, relations and functions, graphs, trees, etc. I used this book as my first introduction to "discrete mathematics", having no background whatsoever of the topics covered. I found it to give very clear and lucid explanations and example problems that were easy to follow and geared towards a beginner of the subject matter covered. highly recommended as an introduction to the topics covered and as a self study book.

The book is not bad but could definitely be improved. There are also some typos in the back of the book solutions, so I would recommend fixing that too.

I wish I had access to such a textbook while I was an undergraduate. I intended to earn my degree in mathematics but lost interest while taking a transition course in advanced mathematics because the textbook used (interesting enough still used) provided insufficient information and too few examples. I now am reading this for pleasure, believe it or not.

Bought this book in for my discrete math class in college as the book store loves to rip you off and this was cheaper than buying there. The book came in great shape, pages were perfect, the outer cover had a little wear maybe from shipping or something but nothing major. It should be wonderful for learning discrete mathematics and helping me with my college career. I would recommend this to anyone that needs this book.

I didn't go through the whole book right now but what I read was perfect! That's how a mathematics book should be :)I loved the chapters about Graph Theory!