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Summary: Good entry into discrete math but lacks some explanations
Review: I am a student at UCB, and use this text book. It provides a very good basis for probability, and talks to the student in a well-mannered way. That is the problem, however, because the book cannot follow the curriculum the professor is teaching. For both professors I have taken, none of them could accurately develop midterm/general problems that the book would have been able to prepare you for. Sometimes it presents information while skipping over some needed explanation for intermediary steps, and offers ambigious problems that could very well be stated in easier to understand terms. This book's examples in teaching how to solve problems become useless after the 5th-10th review question out of the 50.
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Summary: lots of content, good intro to discrete math
Review: in UCLA, they use another book that presents the bare minimum and left a whole bunch of things to the reader as "exercises"so I bought this book in addition to my textbook and I really like it because it's more balanced (more explanations, less reliance on "exercises") as for writing style, I can usually understand the author - that's the main reason I gave it 4 stars; not 5 stars because I feel that it's still a noticeable distance away from being the perfect discrete math intro book (somethings are definitely over complicated - maybe it's not the author's fault though - maybe he's just trying to be "mathematically correct") one last thing, the book is an intro to discrete math; I wish people would stop penalizing books because it's an intro
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Summary: childish
Review: This book has the flavor of a grade school textbook. It's very frivolous, and in fact, while I was reading it, I developed quite an aversion for discrete math. I thought of it as a pointless subject. But luckily, I later discovered that set theory and graph theory are quite interesting, to say nothing of boolean algebra and state machines. So I'd conclude that this book was at fault. It presents the topics in a dry and uninspired manner, enough to turn anyone off. What's unfortunate is that instructors (who don't think about students when evaluating books) adore it's neat little layout, which does nothing to promote learning. This book is corny and not rigorous at all. A very kindergraten level approach.
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Summary: Not organized enough
Review: I have this book as a text for my CSI 210 class, Discrete structures in Logic. I find this book very irritating in that several things the reader is expected to know and with other, they are given to the reader with out a why. 'This is how it is, accept it'
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Summary: boring
Review: This book is not that bad...but it's boring and very childish. It's obviously intended for computer science students who are usually mathematically challenged. The text has an obvious kindergarten level approach, and is NOT a serious math book. It's more like a survey text for a remedial math course. It explains stuff well enough to understand it, but it's not a worthwhile book, as the incessant reviewer below keeps claiming time after time.
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Summary: The best book on discrete math
Review: This is a very student-friendly book. I think it can be read by a student on his own, without the need for an instructor. All concepts are explained very clearly and the examples illustrate concepts completely.
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Summary: a superb book for cs major
Review: i am a cs student at caltech and this is da book that we use. a one of a kind and very disticnt book that separate itself above its peers.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: This is the best book for learning discrete math I've seen. The examples and exercises are particularly clear and helpful.
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Summary: This is a good book.
Review: I am a student at the University of California Berkeley and use Kenneth Rosen's book. I don't see the basis for the other reviews on this page. I find this book very useful. It's to the point and talks to the student instead of the professor. I plan on keeping it for reference in my career.
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Summary: The only discrete book I could understand.
Review: Really clear. Great book. Super web site to support the book. I never knew discrete math could be fun. I may even become a CS major now.
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