Schaum's Outline of Discrete Mathematics (Schaum's) - Softcover

Lipschutz, Seymor; Lipson, Marc

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9780070380455: Schaum's Outline of Discrete Mathematics (Schaum's)

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ISBN 10: 0070380457 ISBN 13: 9780070380455

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1997

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The first edition of this book sold more than 100,000 copies—and this new edition will show you why! Schaum’s Outline of Discrete Mathematics shows you step by step how to solve the kind of problems you’re going to find on your exams. And this new edition features all the latest applications of discrete mathematics to computer science! This guide can be used as a supplement, to reinforce and strengthen the work you do with your class text. (It works well with virtually any discrete mathematics textbook.) But it is so comprehensive that it can even be used alone as a text in discrete mathematics or as independent study tool!

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Master discrete mathematics and ace your exams with this easy-to-use guide that reinforces problem-solving skills and reduces your study time! Students of discrete mathematics love Schaum's��--the first edition of this book was a major bestseller--��and this edition will show you why!

Schaum's Outline of Discrete Mathematics lets you focus on the problems that are at the heart of the subject. It cuts your study time by eliminating the extraneous material that clutters up so many textbooks.

As you study at your own pace, this guide shows you step by step how to solve the kind of problems you're going to find on your exams. It gives you hundreds of completely worked problems with full solutions. Hundreds of additional problems let you test your skills, then check the answers. And this edition features all the latest applications of discrete mathematics to computer science!

So if you want to get a firm handle on discrete mathematics��--whether to ace your course or to build a solid basis for future work or study--��there's no better tool than Schaum's. Schaum's is the premier college course outline-��the one that's been trusted by generations of students--��the one that's sold more than 30 million copies! This guide can be used as a supplement, to reinforce and strengthen the work you do with your class text. (It works well with virtually any discrete mathematics textbook.) But it is so comprehensive that it can be used alone as a text in discrete mathematics or as an independent study tool!

Chapters include:

Set Theory
Relations, Functions, and Algorithms
Vectors and Matrices
Counting Graph Theory
Probability Theory
Directed Graphs
Algebraic Systems
Ordered Sets
Logic and Propositional Calculus
Boolean Algebra
Binary Trees
Languages, Grammars, and Machines
Properties of the Integers

About the Author:

Seymour Lipschutz is on the faculty of Temple University and formerly taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn College. He received his Ph.D. in 1960 at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. He is one of Schaum's most prolific authors, and has also written Programming with Fortran; Probability; Finite Mathematics, Second Edition; Linear Algebra, Second Edition; Beginning Linear Algebra; Set Theory; and Essential Computer Mathematics.

Marc Lipson is on the faculty of the University of Georgia and formerly taught at Northeastern University and Boston University. He received his Ph.D. in finance in 1994 from the University of Michigan. He is also the coauthor of 3,000 Solved Problems in Discrete Mathematics with Seymour Lipschutz.

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