Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications | 
 enlarge | Author: Kenneth H. Rosen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 2633
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 6
Pages: 843
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.6
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0073229725
Dewey Decimal Number: 511
EAN: 9780073229720
Publication Date: July 26, 2006
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Product Description
Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, Sixth Edition, is intended for one- or two-term introductory discrete mathematics courses taken by students from a wide variety of majors, including computer science, mathematics, and engineering. This renowned best-selling text, which has been used at over 500 institutions around the world, gives a focused introduction to the primary themes in a discrete mathematics course and demonstrates the relevance and practicality of discrete mathematics to a wide a wide variety of real-world applications…from computer science to data networking, to psychology, to chemistry, to engineering, to linguistics, to biology, to business, and to many other important fields.
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 better than the rest September 17, 2007
Brian K. Sigurdson
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
many of the complaints that you read have some validity. i still like it more than most other texts available, because it nicely uses computer science examples (as is clearly stated by the author) AND has a VER through study guide.
Rosen's study guide is thicker than most texts. VERY detailed answers so that you can actually figure out why you got the wrong answer. i would pay more for the study guide than i would for 90% of the krapp being sold today. too many authors take the cheap cop-out of "letting the student explore on their own" = lazy author.
get the study guide, you'll be happy you did.
 I liked it August 9, 2007
Charles F. Thomas (Madison, WI)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having had many, many math classes, this is one of the better-written books I've used. The subject is, as some have implied or explicitly stated, confusing and kind of a melange of topics. This book does a good job of explaining most topics very clearly and has copius examples for each sub-topic that make learning easier. Overall I was very happy with this book.
Pretty good book January 18, 2007
DokBeast (Grove City, PA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Contrary to the previous review, I felt this book was one of the better math books I have used. The only complaint I would have is that some concepts are half explained in the problems instead of the lesson part, but these concepts aren't usually very important anyway. I think that the reason this book may seem disorganized or poorly written is more because of discrete math then the book. Discrete math could hardly be considered it's own branch of math and is essentially a bunch of number theories and computer related maths thrown together because they don't fit anywhere else. Oh well, not a bad book, 4/5
Rosen's book: Profs love it, students hate it July 8, 2007
Monte F. Hancock Jr. (Melbourne, Florida)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have used Rosen's book half a dozen or more times for classes I have taught to undergraduates and graduate students (using editions 3, 4, 5, and 6). My universal experience has been that students find it hard to follow and incomplete. However, because it is so broad in its coverage of topics, has lots of excellent problem sets, and treats the subject seriously, I find it useful as a resource in the class, and a reference outside of class. When I use this book, I know that the students will have to get the concepts from me (won't get them from the text)... but that's what I'm there for. The depth of the text pulls the more advanced students along, and is a sufficient review of a well-planned lecture that, overall, it works.
 Updating Review... October 1, 2007
Gio Thoang (Boston, MA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I gave 1 out of 5 stars to this book on my previous review based on the fact that my professor assigned a lot of homeworks, and many of them I found that there were no discussions/ or no related concepts represented in the book. Several of questions ask about the problems that the author never mentions in his text. I found myself in desperate situation with those questions, so I purchased a solution book in order to help me survive. The solution covers only even-number problems, whereas assignments were given only on the odd ones. Thing ridiculous is, for example:
* Question 35 (not exactly number) asks about the things the author never discussed, then if you go to question 36 in solution book to find something similar in order to help you solve q.35, all you will get may be like "by question 35, we have ..., then ..." Is that stupid? Many of these occur throughout the book.
Furthermore, the text is disorganized in some ways. Here one example:
** In chapter 4, Rosen discusses about the recursion by giving examples. One such example is that he uses recursive approach to define a rooted tree. The point is he never says a word about what the rooted tree is at first. It sounds like you use an unstudied object as a means for supporting your discussion on a new concept.
This somewhat drove me crazy and was the major reason that caused me to take the spite out on the book through giving negative review. When I finished my course, however, I had a chance to review the materials, and I realized that I was unreasonable in judging thing that way. Despite of those shortcomings, the book does accomplish its job which it is intended to. I got an A- from this tough class, which covered 11 chapters in only one semester, predominantly based on reading the text section by section and solving problems as best as possible. I decided to delete that review and give it a fairer review, as my acknowledging to its contributions to my study. If you are an audience who reads but does not very much care about solving problems, the book is fine for you; otherwise, it will be a bit painful.
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