Sets, Logic and Maths for Computing

Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science

Author:

Makinson, David

Publisher:

Springer London Ltd

Price: £26.99

This easy-to-follow textbook introduces the mathematical language, knowledge and problem-solving skills that undergraduates need to study computing. The language is in part qualitative, with concepts such as set, relation, function and recursion/induction; but it is also partly quantitative, with principles of counting and finite probability. Entwined with both are the fundamental notions of logic and their use for representation and proof. Features: teaches finite math as a language for thinking, as much as knowledge and skills to be acquired; uses an intuitive approach with a focus on examples for all general concepts; brings out the interplay between the qualitative and the quantitative in all areas covered, particularly in the treatment of recursion and induction; balances carefully the abstract and concrete, principles and proofs, specific facts and general perspectives; includes highlight boxes that raise common queries and clear confusions; provides numerous exercises, with selected solutions.

Extent	308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations	ISBN	9781447124993
Size	N/A	Price	£26.99
Format	N/A	Published	29 Feb 2012
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