xv 548p + 53p answers + 21p index, large hardback with pictorial cover, spine and edges a little yellowed, pages clean and unmarked, notation and formula to endpapers, diagrams throughut, very good copy
This fourth edition continues to improve on the features that have made it the market leader. The text offers a flexible organization, enabling instructors to adapt the book to their particular courses: discrete mathematics, graph theory, modern algebra, and/or combinatorics. More elementary problems were added, creating a greater variety of level in problem sets, which allows students to perfect skills as they practice. This new edition continues to feature numerous computer science applications-making this the ideal text for preparing students for advanced study.