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- Provides a concise introduction to the essential mathematical concepts for computer science undergraduate students
- Contains numerous exercises throughout the text, together with solutions and additional, more challenging problems for those wishing to stretch themselves further
- Presents classroom-tested material, specifically designed to support computer science courses
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science (BRIEFSCOMPUTER)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Adapted from a modular undergraduate course on computational mathematics, Concise Computer Mathematics delivers an easily accessible, self-contained introduction to the basic notions of mathematics necessary for a computer science degree. The text reflects the need to quickly introduce students from a variety of educational backgrounds to a number of essential mathematical concepts. The material is divided into four units: discrete mathematics (sets, relations, functions), logic (Boolean types, truth tables, proofs), linear algebra (vectors, matrices and graphics), and special topics (graph theory, number theory, basic elements of calculus). The chapters contain a brief theoretical presentation of the topic, followed by a selection of problems (which are direct applications of the theory) and additional supplementary problems (which may require a bit more work). Each chapter ends with answers or worked solutions for all of the problems.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The book is ideally suited as an adjunct to a course in computer mathematics or as a refresher for someone with some background in computer mathematics. … The book fulfills its purpose of providing a distilled treatment of the mathematics most commonly used in computer science. It is of most value to computer science students who need a place to find a succinct treatment of the topics covered.” (Marlin Thomas, Computing Reviews, April, 2014)
“Each of the chapters opens with a short summary followed by a set of essential problems and then a set of supplementary problems. … it would be very useful for someone that needs a quick and effective review that includes problems.” (Charles Ashbacher, MAA Reviews, January, 2014)Authors and Affiliations
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University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom
Ovidiu Bagdasar
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Concise Computer Mathematics
Book Subtitle: Tutorials on Theory and Problems
Authors: Ovidiu Bagdasar
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01751-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01750-1Published: 12 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01751-8Published: 28 October 2013
Series ISSN: 2191-5768
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5776
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 109
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations
Topics: Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science, Mathematical Applications in Computer Science, Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages, Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory, Graph Theory, Number Theory