Discrete Mathematics with Applications

I'm honestly impressed. I have been through many math textbooks - algebra, geometry, calculus, and so on and so forth. I've even been through another Discrete Mathematics text which one of my colleges had a "custom edition" of. The things which all those texts had in common were that they were extremely heavy, bulky, boring, mostly incomprehensible, and above all - they were so bad at "teaching" the material that if I didn't take studious notes from my professors, I was totally lost. It was almost impossible to learn anything except the most basic principles just from reading the text alone. Almost all of my fellow students had a similar experience, and never turned to the "lesson" pages of the text except for reference of mathematical rules and such.This book, on the other hand, is quite fantastic. It has smaller dimensions and weighs less than almost any other math textbook I've had in the past. But that isn't because it skimps on material - on the contrary, it is largely because the pages are not loaded with a bunch of useless (yet pretty) color photographs, charts, diagrams, tables, vignettes, and other "educational aid" fluff that is all the rage these days with publishers. It's a serious and down-to-earth textbook. The best part, as my Discrete Mathematics professor says, is that "the book is designed for students - not professors".In other words, the book is actually intended to help students learn the material. Even though I still take good notes, I am quite comfortable knowing that if I don't understand something, I can just open the book and find assistance. The examples are simple, effective, logical, and not couched in so much math jargon that I have to get a dictionary just to understand what is being said. Such a novel concept!I may not be an expert on Discrete Mathematics, but I would certainly recommend this textbook to professors and self-motivated learners alike.

Wow, this is a great book. I bought this book as a secondary helper book to a really bad math textbook and this book helped me tons. It only seemed to help during the first half of the semester because by the end it wasn't covering the same material as the class was. But it covered the material that it did really really well.It also has really good problems with good solutions that explain what's going on. Something that so many other math books seem to lack on Discrete math. Just a great book.

What can I say, its a textbook.Do I like it? No.Do I need it? YES.I will say that overall, the book seems to be written in such a way that makes it easy to understand in case you have to do some "self teaching." Also, the questions at the end are pretty good at starting out easy and gradually getting more difficult. Like I said, I bought it because I needed it for class, not because I wanted to teach myself discrete math, but with this book, I probably could if I wanted to.

This is stuff I should have learned years ago.

This book is great! I'm not even kidding when I write that this book is a pretty crisp and understandable higher-level math book. It really helps with the intuitive thinking that the higher maths require, and it'll - surprisingly - help with your programming skills. With this book you'll get a good understanding of Math and Computer Science, plus, it's a steal at this price ($18.00 when purchased).

I really appreciated the author's ability to explain complex topics without assuming too much. Personally, I am not a very experienced mathematician, but I see a great amount of value in studying discrete math for computer science. Ms. Epp explains things very clearly and thoroughly so that you don't get lost, and illustrates how the math is useful in areas of computational theory/computer science.

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The book is well managed. It start from basic to advance. Every basic we had previous will be used in the future advance. If you feel didn't understand in the middle or nearly end of the book, I advise you to start reading by yourselves from the beginning. Take the essence then bring it forward. Good luck.

Needed this book for college and Amazon had it. Not sure what else to say.

I wanted to study for a engineering test! The book was recommended by board! Easy to use!