Appropriate for four different courses: Discrete Mathematics; Combinatorics; Graph Theory; Modern Applied Algebra this text has an enhanced mathematical approach, with carefully thought out examples, including many examples with computer sciences applications. Its organization includes four parts: Discrete Mathematics, Graph Theory, Modern Algebra, and Combinatorics.*Chapter summaries allow the student to review what they have learned, while historical reviews and biographies bring a human element to their assignments
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.