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Discrete Mathematics

Norman L. Biggs
Publisher: 
Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 
2003
Number of Pages: 
440
Format: 
Paperback
Edition: 
2
Price: 
69.50
ISBN: 
0198507178
Category: 
Textbook
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The Basic Library List Committee strongly recommends this book for acquisition by undergraduate mathematics libraries.

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The Language of Mathematics
1. Statements and proofs
2. Set notation
3. The logical framework
4. Natural numbers
5. Functions
6. How to count
7. Integers
8. Divisibility and prime numbers
9. Fractions and real numbers
Techniques
10. Principles of counting
11. Subsets and designs
12. Partition, classification and distribution
13. Modular arithmetic
Algorithms and Graphs
14. Algorithms and their efficiency
15. Graphs
16. Trees, sorting and searching
17. Bipartite graphs and matching problems
18. Digraphs, networks and flows
19. Recursive techniques
Algebraic Methods
20. Groups
21. Groups of permutations
22. Rings, fields and polynomials
23. Finite fields and some applications
24. Error-correcting codes
25. Generating functions
26. Partitions of a positive integer
27. Symmetry and counting
Tags: 
Transition to Advanced Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics