|  | Authors: Edgar G. Goodaire, Michael M. Parmenter
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 592
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0131679953
Dewey Decimal Number: 510
EAN: 9780131679955
ASIN: 0131679953
Publication Date: July 4, 2005
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 Bareable Book January 3, 2007
U. SHAHZAD
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is okay. Not the best but not that bad. If you have choice look for something better. If your stuck with this one then its not too bad.
Too discrete!!! October 26, 2005
Anthony Delmonico (Plymouth, MA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
It is one thing to learn math. It is another thing to read it from a textbook. Although discrete mathematics is not meant to be all that numerically focused, I do not recommend using this text at all. There are very few examples to accompany the new content and the explanations are not clear. Also, the section review problems are NOTHING like the material presented. Yes, it is imperative to think like a mathematician, but the problems are worded much too differently than what is taught. Do not expect to do well in a course using this text unless you have a helpful instructor!
 An excellent choice for discrete if your emphasis is graphs September 24, 2004
Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com))
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
As a teacher of discrete mathematics, I must constantly scan new books in the never-ending search for the best one with appropriate content and level. The course that I teach is required and early in the computer science major. It also provides the mathematical foundation for all of the later computer science courses. Therefore, any book that I use must demonstrate mathematical proofs, but not at too high a level. Coverage of fundamental topics such as propositional logic, sets, relations and functions; basic combinatorics and induction are a requirement.
This book covers these fundamentals at exactly the level of rigor that I need. There are some proofs, but nothing that is beyond the motivated freshman/sophomore who is receiving the appropriate direction. However, I will not be adopting it because of the large amount of graph theory, which is approximately forty percent of the book. In our class we do cover some graph theory, but prefer to spend less time on it than this book would allow. Our department recently added a course in graph theory, so we only need to touch on the basics of graphs in discrete mathematics.
Therefore, while the book is not suitable for my needs, it would be a perfect fit for anyone teaching discrete mathematics where there was an emphasis on graph theory. In fact, the second half of the book could serve as a starter text for our course in graph theory.
it is satisfactory January 19, 2004
Michael O'Reilly (Canada)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This text was designed mainly for young university students with the goal of introducing concepts such as induction to as well as, of course, some introductory descrete math and graph theory, with the former (induction, etc.) being as important as the latter. This is not a comprehensive text and was not intended to be so. It is a pleasent bridge to more mathematically correct way of thinking. Proofs are emphasized, not numerical answers (in most sections). Famous proofs are displayed and are incorperated in a non-trivial way. This book is applicable for mathematics and computer science students alike and the questions have a good spread of difficulty. I recommend this book to anyone interested in something more than high school math.
 DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!!! October 13, 2003
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
Discrete math is complex enough for subjects to be explained extensively. That's not at all the case in this book. The explanations are too limited but most importantly, the wide range of expected answers REQUIRES this text to include most of, if not all, the correct answers for its exercises. This should not be a problem in this subject since having the answers would still leave you far from getting shortcuts; you'd still have to know discrete math well to pass a test.
This text was created ONLY to generate profits and lacks of any interest in the student's learning. It even looks like the author cashed-in his check and took a nice long vacation since his companion website is empty.
This book will only waste your money.
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