[HN Gopher] Discrete Mathematics - An Open Introduction, 4th edi...
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Discrete Mathematics - An Open Introduction, 4th edition
Author : yawboakye
Score : 136 points
Date : 2024-08-16 15:53 UTC (7 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (discrete.openmathbooks.org)
| phforms wrote:
| As an autodidact without an "official" CS degree, discrete
| Mathematics seemed to me like a key area to open up more advanced
| topics and solve many practical problems in programming. And
| indeed it helped me on many such occasions (although I am still
| studying).
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| I really like the book "A Primer of Discrete Mathematics"[1] by
| Finkbeiner II and Lindstrom from 1987. It's a bit old and
| unfortunately not free but still holds up pretty well and has
| many good exercises with selected answers.
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| I will absolutely check out this book though, looks like a more
| modern approach with interactive exercises and it even is
| completely free!
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| [1]: https://archive.org/details/isbn_0716718154
| kevindamm wrote:
| You may also enjoy [Concrete Mathematics](https://www.goodreads
| .com/book/show/112243.Concrete_Mathemat...) by Graham, Knuth,
| Patashnik.
| qsort wrote:
| Concrete mathematics is significantly more advanced though,
| if I'm not mistaken it even introduces the basics of analytic
| combinatorics with OGFs. Something at the same level would be
| the basic competitive math curriculum in combinatorics and
| number theory.
| grepLeigh wrote:
| Discrete Mathematics and It's Applications by Kenneth H. Rosen
| helped me get an A in CS70 (Discrete Math and Probability) at
| UC Berkeley this past summer.
|
| The textbook is quite large, but the content is very
| accessible. I'm also self-taught, finally taking formal
| math/physics coursework in my 30s to fill in the gaps.
|
| Another amazing resource has been California Community
| Colleges. So far every math teacher I've had has been
| extraordinarily passionate. Most math classes have an
| async/online section, and it's pretty common for adults to take
| the classes just for fun/self-improvement.
| nj5rq wrote:
| I was intimidated by these math books, but I was able to find a
| lot of interesting stuff in "Applied Discrete Structures" by Al
| Doerr and Ken Levasseur[1]. I was attracted by the "Logic"
| section, and I was not disappointed. You can download it for
| free from their website.
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| > It's a bit old and unfortunately not free
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| It's available on Anna's Archive, in case someone is looking
| for it.
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| [1] https://discretemath.org/
| basedbertram wrote:
| > A PDF of the book will be made available by August 15th.
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| On the sidebar:
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| > PDF coming soon
|
| :(
| jamesy0ung wrote:
| Are you paying for it? If not, you don't have a right to
| complain.
| gowld wrote:
| Like too many discrete math texts, the Characteristic Root
| Technique for Repeated Roots section does not give a proof of the
| forumla.
| hirvi74 wrote:
| I wish more textbooks, especially free resources like in the
| link, would be better about providing more solutions. A book with
| a lack of solutions tends to create a circular problem for me.
|
| Knowing whether my solution is correct or not is dependent on how
| well I truly understand the concepts. However, if I truly
| understood the concepts, then I wouldn't need to solve the
| problem in the first place. How is one supposed to learn without
| feedback?
| kisonecat wrote:
| The HN community might be interested in the XML-based tech used
| to produce this book, namely https://pretextbook.org/
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