Discrete and combinatorial mathematics : an applied introduction

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grimaldi, Ralph P. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Pearson/Addison Wesley , c2004
Edition:5th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Fundamental principles of counting
  • 2. Fundamentals of logic
  • 3. Set theory
  • 4. Properties of the integers: mathematical induction
  • 5. Relations and functions
  • 6. Languages: finite state machines
  • 7. Relations: the second time around
  • 8. The principles of inclusion and exclusion
  • 9. Generating functions
  • 10. Recurrence relations
  • 11. An introduction to graph theory
  • 12. Trees
  • 13. Optimization and machining
  • 14. Rings and modular arithmetic
  • 15. Boolean algebra and switching functions
  • 16. Groups, coding theory, and Polya's methods of enumeration
  • 17. Finite fields and combinatorial designs