Discrete Mathematical Structures, Fifth Edition

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Excellent text
I am see again the fifth edition. That is a text excellent, easy to learn from, with one free crystal presentation. I have found little errors in this edition and those that it has found are typos not-substantial, nothing more. Every understood it it is burst in the digeribili sections and every section is continuation from one wealth of the problems. The problems are progressive, beginning towards the outside much easy one, but no of they are too much hard to make: the intention of the authors is clearly to develop the ability of the reader with the material. The problems are a mixture of the calculations arranged to us and some tests. The answers to all the numbered problems uneven are given in the bottom of the book, making the valuable of the text for autodidactic. They are not of agreement with the critic who has criticized the book based on the institutional affiliations of the authors. The text would have to be judged on the relati to you merits: If been trying logically and naturally a solid presentation that flows from a subject to following, therefore to this you are the book for you. The thicket of other part if been previewing a terse, densely compressed of symbolism the mathematician, therefore this is not your book.


Canned methods, sloppy....
THe credentials of the authors speak in bounds... Drexel University and Georgia Perimeter College???!?!?! GPC is a 2-year. Anyways, all that aside, the presentation of the material is horrible. Obviously, the background of these authors is that of 1,2,3 methods, with absolutely no concept of any concepts behind the material. The problems/examples are unrelated to the material in the chapters, and no preparation was given to answer them. Our professor even said that he emailed the writer to change the wording in a few questions, the writer agreed wholeheartedly, and yet the question remained in the next edition....
IN the age of Chubb Institute and quickie-degree schools, this book would do fine. Math, in my opinion, while can be learned with these methods, is useless without the knowledge of how it came about, why it is used, and theory or explanation/background. This book provides none of this. I do not recommend it to anyone. ESPECIALLY not one of "beginner" status(...)


A fine and useful book.
They have not been never a wizard of for the mathematics, but really I have enjoyed this book and I have maintained it around because it is therefore useful. I appreciate the organization of the book. If wished to study understanding it from the sequence, the opening page says which understood to you more begins them them they are necessary to understand the new one. The practices in every section are progressive - you can understand the subject with the first problems and for the moment in which you work through the section you REALLY will understand it. I have used the edition of quarter, published in 2000, so as to perhaps there are some inaccuracies in the edition more in advance payment. I have found little examples of the wrong answers.


Difficult, Innacurate, but Topical
The textbook is difficult to understand and many of the answers in the back of the book are wrong. Also it addresses lots of good topics but mostle hard to understand.


Great Reference for Abstract Algebra and Real Analysis!
I thought that it was easy to read, the examples weren't difficult to follow and the definitions and proofs were great! I used it many times as a reference for Abstract Algebra (that book was awful) and Intro to Real Analysis. Great buy and a keeper for all students of Mathematics! Also, there is a reference of mathematical symbols in case you should forget what something means.


Avoid this book at all costs
Discrete math is difficult enough without having to hire a translator to do your homework. Yet, this is exactly what the authors want you to do. Math is supposed to fun and challenging, not insanely difficult. If you are going to purchase this textbook, please take heed an make reservations at the nearest mental hospital.



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