Synopsis
This carefully structured text provides a comprehensive, straightforward treatment of discrete mathematics. The author's traditional, deductive approach avoids unnecessary abstraction and covers a wide range of topics, from graph theory and combinatorics to number theory, coding theory and algebraic methods. Abundant examples and exercises help students gain a solid understanding of the subject. The revised edition incorporates changes suggested by instructors already using the text. The new material includes descriptions of algorithms that closely resemble a real programming language for easier implementation by students of both mathematics and computer science.
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About the Author
Norman Biggs is a Professor of Mathematics, London School of Economics, University of London.
Review
`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
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