2000 Solved Problems in Discrete Mathematics

by Seymour Lipschutz

Book Overview

Master discrete mathematics with Schaum's--the high-performance solved-problem guide.

It will help you cut study time, hone problem-solving skills, and achieve your personal best on exams

Students love Schaum's Solved Problem Guides because they produce results. Each year, thousands of students improve their test scores and final grades with these indispensable guides. Get the edge on your classmates. Use Schaum's

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070380317
• ISBN13: 9780070380318
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

practice makes perfect

This book is more than just a bunch of math problems with answers. It is also instructive. Within each topic, the questions progress so as to build up your ability to handle more complex problems. Some sections begin with brief definitions. Some present theorems or lemmas, following by the proofs. I needed to prepare for an doctoral prelim. exam in discrete mathematics. This book, along with Schaum's Easy Outline: Discrete Mathematics, got me through.

Good book

I was strugging in my discrete math class, this book helped me get the practice I needed.

Reviews the field and Enforces problem solving abilities

Computer science has been the primary catalyst transforming the status of this once-obscure field of discrete mathematics into state-of-the-art information, and required knowledge. Switching circuits, programming languages, expert systems and their underlying logic, to name but a few computer-related topics, each rely upon the results from this field as a foundation. There is a proliferation of books on graph theory, discrete mathematics, and even set theory and mathematical logic, for this reason.A paucity exists, however, of texts facilitating a newcomer in verifying the lessons presumably learned through formal education or through self-study. Schaum's solved problems books are invaluable for this purpose. The more recent n'000 solved problem books are beneficial to any willing to invest the effort and time required to attempt the numerous problems posed.The discrete mathematics book reviews subjects ranging from fundamentals of logic and set theory, to lattices, combinatorics, as well as abstract algebra and the basics of the theory of languages. There are a variety of questions, from recalling definitions, to number-crunching, to providing sketches or fragments of proofs. These are typically in a progressive problem-solving form, which lends itself to becoming a programed course. The book easily and quietly supplements any standard, classic, or assigned works from the field.Gradually the questions in this work will be perceived as increasingly basic, perhaps some sections too basic now - however that is only because the book has served its purpose, as a foundation for other more practical, detailed, or complex assignments or problems. While reading through other works in this field, make note and observe how most have numerous exercises suffixed to each chapter, and yet how few actually provide comprehensible solutions to them. The true value of Schaum's series of solved problems books then becomes more evident.

It's helpful!

The problems in this book were arranged the way that leads readers understand simple concepts first, then bring you to problems and applications. In addtion, my professor Dr. Mott (he wrote one of the top selling discrete book) recommanded this book to me as well. I found it VERY helpful. Yes, I think it servers as an aid to textbooks. You cannot teach yourself discrete math by reading it.By the way, it doesn't have alot Hamiltionian cycle examples in there.

Critics aside, this is really a good book

I have no idea why the only reviewer (before me) gave this book a one star rating. Perhaps he was confused because it is not intended to explain discrete mathematics, rather it's intended to be a companion to a traditional discrete mathematics textbook. As a source of hundreds of solved problems it is absolutely invaluable. If you want extra practice or the examples in your class's textbook aren't enough, buy this.