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A Spiral Workbook for Discrete Mathematics

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A Spiral Workbook for Discrete Mathematics

In contrast to real numbers that have the property of varying "smoothly", the objects studied in discrete mathematics – such as integers, graphs, and statements in logic – do not vary smoothly in this way, but have distinct, separated values.

Author
Harris Kwong
Publisher
State University of New York at Fredonia
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
Contents· 54 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
  2. 1.01: An Overview of Discrete Mathematics
  3. 1.02: Suggestions to Students
  4. 1.03: How to Read and Write Mathematics
  5. 1.04: Proving Identities
  6. 02: Logic
  7. 2.01: Propositions
  8. 2.02: Conjunctions and Disjunctions
  9. 2.03: Implications
  10. 2.04: Biconditional Statements
  11. 2.05: Logical Equivalences
  12. 2.06: Logical Quantiers
  13. 03: Proof Techniques
  14. 3.01: An Introduction to Proof Techniques
  15. 3.02: Direct Proofs
  16. 3.03: Indirect Proofs
  17. 3.04: Mathematical Induction - An Introduction
  18. 3.05: More on Mathematical Induction
  19. 3.06: Mathematical Induction - The Strong Form
  20. 04: Sets
  21. 4.01: An Introduction to Sets
  22. 4.02: Subsets and Power Sets
  23. 4.03: Unions and Intersections
  24. 4.04: Cartesian Products
  25. 4.05: Index Sets
  26. 05: Basic Number Theory
  27. 5.01: The Principle of Well-Ordering
  28. 5.02: Division Algorithm
  29. 5.03: Divisibility
  30. 5.04: Greatest Common Divisors
  31. 5.05: More on GCD
  32. 5.06: Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
  33. 5.07: Modular Arithmetic
  34. 06: Functions
  35. 6.01: An Introduction to Functions
  36. 6.02: Denition of Functions
  37. 6.03: One-to-One Functions
  38. 6.04: Onto Functions
  39. 6.05: Properties of Functions
  40. 6.06: Inverse Functions
  41. 6.07: Composite Functions
  42. 07: Relations
  43. 7.01: Denition of Relations
  44. 7.02: Properties of Relations
  45. 7.03: Equivalence Relations
  46. 7.04: Partial and Total Ordering
  47. 08: Combinatorics
  48. 8.01: What is Combinatorics
  49. 8.02: Addition and Multiplication Principles
  50. 8.03: Permutations
  51. 8.04: Combinations
  52. 8.05: The Binomial Theorem
  53. 09: Appendices
  54. 9.01: Answers