Discrete Mathematics with Applications, 5/e (Metric Edition)(Paperback)

本書序言

●Discussion of strings and graphs begins in Chapter 1 and is integrated with applications throughout the text. The handshake theorem, previously in Chapter 12, is now in Chapter 4.
●This title is now available with WebAssign, including innovative new exercise types that guide and assess students' abilities to complete proofs.
●New material was added on binary search trees, cryptographic hash functions, bound variables and scope in mathematics and computer programming, and the use of cryptography for message authentication.
●Sections on quantifier use, the concept of mathematical proof, proof-writing advice, and set theory proofs were revised and expanded based on classroom experience, and new types of exercises were added.
●The sections introducing mathematical induction were reorganized, discussion of structural induction was expanded, and additional applications of induction were provided.
●Explanations for two’s complements and for O-, Ω-, and Θ-Notations were significantly simplified.

本書特色

●Over 500 worked examples in problem-solution format guide students in building a conceptual understanding of how to solve problems. Proof solutions are intuitively developed in two steps, a discussion on how to approach the proof and a summary of the solution, allowing students the choice of faster or more deliberate instruction depending on how well they understand the problem.
●Flexible organization, allowing instructors the ability to mix core and optional topics easily to suit a wide variety of discrete math course syllabi and topic focus.
●Features, definitions, theorems, and exercise types are clearly marked and easily navigable, making the book an excellent reference that students will want to keep and continually refer back to in their later courses.
●A large number of computer science applications are included, both to motivate students and to ease their transition into more advanced computer science courses.
●Epp addresses inherent difficulties in understanding logic and language with very concrete and easy-to-conceptualize examples, an approach that helps students with a variety of backgrounds better comprehend basic mathematical reasoning, and enables them to construct sound mathematical arguments.
●More than 2500 exercises provide ample practice for students, with numerous applied problems covering an impressive array of applications.