SparklyUnicorn Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Taking this course: MAT210 Discrete Structures: Logic & Proof This course provides an introduction to the non-continuous side of mathematics. The course focuses on techniques of mathematical proof including mathematical induction, direct proof,indirect proof, and proof by contradiction. Topics include relations and functions, symbolic logic and predicate calculus, number thoery, combinatorial methods as well as an introduction to graph theory. Using this book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0495826170/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=3341940462&pd_rd_wg=gojHH&pf_rd_r=0A9Q8SMX56BT3B6K1VZW&pf_rd_s=desktop-sx-bottom-slot&pf_rd_t=301&pd_rd_i=0495826170&pd_rd_w=NUZ0n&pf_rd_i=discrete+mathematics&pd_rd_r=8d586d35-17da-455a-89d3-596f76dc0f1e&ie=UTF8&qid=1513968011&sr=1 Which will be here next week sometime. Course starts the 16th. What could I start reviewing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) I would print the errata out first for your book http://condor.depaul.edu/sepp/DMwR.htm Then look and see how useful the free supplementary materials are for your textbook http://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9780495826170&token= Edited December 22, 2017 by Arcadia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 Awesome! Thanks. I was going to come here and scold ppl for not finding this riveting. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 Haha..yeah...first order of business...what is wrong with YOUR BOOK and not with my math ability.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandamom Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I previewed some of my graduate statistics classes with some Youtube videos and Khan Academy. One time I found an entire lecture series on my exact book through a different university. It was really useful. You might want to take a peek and see if there are some videos. (I really don't know what you class so I can't be more specific.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 The author is "famous" enough for Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_S._Epp I was concerned because Amazon says "1st edition" but it seems to be the first print for the "Brief Edition". Maybe someone can recommend another author to supplement. I always like another "view". I took this decades ago so not much help here. Hopefully you will have a good instructor - Discrete Math can be a little dry compared to something like Partial Differential Equations :coolgleamA: Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I loved discrete math. It was one of my favorite classes and the reason I changed my major to mathematics. It was the logic and proof that kicked the rears of many students. It covers such a variety of stuff that it's hard to say anything specific to review. I'd probably just make sure chapter 1 was familiar and go ahead and start on chapter 2. Make sure the examples make sense, see if you can write them down, close the book, and work them yourself the next day, that sort of thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Haha..yeah...first order of business...what is wrong with YOUR BOOK and not with my math ability.... I was concerned because Amazon says "1st edition" but it seems to be the first print for the "Brief Edition". If either of you are bored, you can read her other book Discrete Mathematics with Applications 4th edition online as someone has put it up http://home.aubg.edu/students/ANA160/ebooksclub.org__Discrete_Mathematics_with_Applications.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 I previewed some of my graduate statistics classes with some Youtube videos and Khan Academy. One time I found an entire lecture series on my exact book through a different university. It was really useful. You might want to take a peek and see if there are some videos. (I really don't know what you class so I can't be more specific.) Oh yeah these have both been extremely helpful. At the risk of sounding like an old bitty....kids these days have no idea how easy they have it with these resources!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Yeah I have mixed feelings about this class. Of course I had mixed feelings about all of them when I first started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 There is a Great Courses video class on Discrete Math that covers much of the material you mention. The instructor is very entertaining. Check you library to see if they have a copy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 There is a Great Courses video class on Discrete Math that covers much of the material you mention. The instructor is very entertaining. Check you library to see if they have a copy. (that course is on sale now) on that site at least someone thinks it is a complete course: Is this course equivalent to the college level Discrete Mathematics? TGCSoxGuy · 2 years agoThis person is one of the top10 contributors of useful reviews. Yes. Prof. Benjamin teaches in 24 30-minute lectures all of the core concepts that would appear in a college-level course on the subject. While our courses are not accredited, it matches the content of an equivalent college course and can be useful for someone who needs to take the course or needs an understanding of its concepts as a foundation for other courses the instructor "that all of our students, every high school graduate should know -- should be statistics: probability and statistics" https://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 It wouldn't be equivalent to the class sparkly is taking ("The course doesn't delve into the mathematical logic and proofs of Discrete Mathematics, but focuses more on practical problem solving with real world examples.") however, having prior familiarity with the material would help a lot with the logic and proofs part of the class -- it's a lot easier to prove something if you're convinced it's true yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Oh cool. I have a couple of his courses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Also the AoPS books cover much of this material in a very accessible way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Which ones daijobu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I was afraid you'd ask that. Let me heat up a cup of coffee and check the TOCs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 I was afraid you'd ask that. Let me heat up a cup of coffee and check the TOCs. Haha! Take your time or don't worry about it. I do have a few books already. I don't have a ton of time before the class starts, but any little bit helps I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Number Theory/Counting and Probability will have the most overlap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Intermediate C&P pigeonhole, graph theory, recursion, state diagrams, bayes rule, etc. Intro to C&P beginning combinatorics. Competition Math for Middle School not AoPS technically, but has an excellent and fast combinatorics chapter I know induction is taught somewhere in the AoPS curriculum, but I can't find it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Oh, I found it: chapter 8 of Intermediate C&P. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) I know induction is taught somewhere in the AoPS curriculum, but I can't find it. It's also in Intermediate Algebra, Ch 11 Edited December 27, 2017 by Kathy in Richmond 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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