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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
- 01: Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
- 1.01: An Overview of Discrete Mathematics
- 1.02: Suggestions to Students
- 1.03: How to Read and Write Mathematics
- 1.04: Proving Identities
- 02: Logic
- 2.01: Propositions
- 2.02: Conjunctions and Disjunctions
- 2.03: Implications
- 2.04: Biconditional Statements
- 2.05: Logical Equivalences
- 2.06: Logical Quantiers
- 03: Proof Techniques
- 3.01: An Introduction to Proof Techniques
- 3.02: Direct Proofs
- 3.03: Indirect Proofs
- 3.04: Mathematical Induction - An Introduction
- 3.05: More on Mathematical Induction
- 3.06: Mathematical Induction - The Strong Form
- 04: Sets
- 4.01: An Introduction to Sets
- 4.02: Subsets and Power Sets
- 4.03: Unions and Intersections
- 4.04: Cartesian Products
- 4.05: Index Sets
- 05: Basic Number Theory
- 5.01: The Principle of Well-Ordering
- 5.02: Division Algorithm
- 5.03: Divisibility
- 5.04: Greatest Common Divisors
- 5.05: More on GCD
- 5.06: Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
- 5.07: Modular Arithmetic
- 06: Functions
- 6.01: An Introduction to Functions
- 6.02: Denition of Functions
- 6.03: One-to-One Functions
- 6.04: Onto Functions
- 6.05: Properties of Functions
- 6.06: Inverse Functions
- 6.07: Composite Functions
- 07: Relations
- 7.01: Denition of Relations
- 7.02: Properties of Relations
- 7.03: Equivalence Relations
- 7.04: Partial and Total Ordering
- 08: Combinatorics
- 8.01: What is Combinatorics
- 8.02: Addition and Multiplication Principles
- 8.03: Permutations
- 8.04: Combinations
- 8.05: The Binomial Theorem
- 09: Appendices
- 9.01: Answers