Learning Discrete Math

We talk about discrete math and how to learn it. Here are some books you can use to start with discrete mathematics.

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[sophiaisabelle]

Discrete math is fascinating to learn about. Thanks for making a video on this topic.

[JB-hryp]

Perfect timing, as I am currently studying for my discrete Maths exam. What I realized is that the theory usually is not to complicated, especially in graph theory, yet applying it causes most problems. So I would suggest focusing a lot on practice problems, as it really helps to understand the underlying Concepts.

[garymemetoo]

Epp is good. That was the text used in my discrete mathematics class. I thought It was a good introductory book to the wide-ranging topic of discrete mathematics. The professor teaching the class was a student of Susanna Epp before she retired (I believe she was his grad studies advisor). The book covers a wide range of topics but the one thing really caught my attention was when, fifty or so pages into the text, she wrote: "Don't be stingy with paper." I stopped right then and looked at my work sheet, and sure enough, all the writing, calculations, notes, whatever, were crowded, small and really hard to understand with the poor organization that being stingy with paper brings on. Taking that advice, notes and calculations were easier to read and a lot more organized. The class was still a lot of work, but at least I didn't have to fight to understand what I'd written.

[SUNNofODIN]

I don't get to watch all of your videos, but when I do, I am reminded to think about unfamiliar topics, ask questions, show kindness and grace to others, and to not shy away from discipline when learning something I do not understand. I bought a 5th edition of Discrete Mathematics with Applications, and I have been slowly plowing through it. I do fall off for bits of time due to work and life, but I always come back. Thanks again.

[exyl_sounds]

It almost felt like you were talking to me directly lol. This is the weirdest coincidence I have ever witnessed. Just like the man in the email I'm also named Mohamed, I'm from Egypt, and I'm interesting in doing a career shift towards software development, and just this month I picked up a book about discrete math from the Sorcerer's video about learning math start to finish.

[praveendissanayake]

You inspire me Mohammed. Im a 30 year old whose previous experience has all been in sales and now I'm considering making a career change into networking and telecommunications. I've already got my CCNA and the next step I reckon is going back to college and doing a masters in telecommunications. Never let age be a barrier.

[bendavis]

One book that I got recently is “Concrete Mathematics” by Knuth, Graham, and Patashnik. Knuth is a great writer and I also recommend getting his “The Art of Computer Programming” series of books for learning data structures and algorithms. These books are very well written and have very creative problems which can be quite difficult. It’s not the best book for beginners, but I think it’s good to have a broad selection of books with different styles. Rosen is good if you want a comprehensive treatment with a lot of problems, but it’s not as “to the point” as Knuth and is less enjoyable to read IMO. I also recommend getting proof writing books like the ones by Vellman and Cummings. They cover many of the same topics and are a great supplement to any discrete math text.

[IsThisJackCake]

I recently finished a Data Structures and Algorithms course with the Open University. During that time I amassed a small collection of discrete maths and problem solving books which proved invaluable to the course. Whenever I was stuck on the course materials I was able to find a relevant chapter in at least on of the books that worded the same subjects in a way that I understood. The most useful book throughout that course was Grokking Algorithms so I 100% recommend that for anyone struggling with problem solving and algorithms.

[PepeValenzuela]

The topic I struggled the most is probabilities and I hope this video helps for my next semester. I can't thank you enough for your videos, your book recommendations made me increase my grades from 60 to near 100 ❤

[LinusE]

I'm currently working with Susanna Epp's "Discrete Mathematics with Applications" and I can highly recommend it! It might also serve as a little helper in English since she starts out with using English sentences and bridges the gap between math and linguistics by looking at them from a logical perspective!

[St.JohnWort]

For programming I would recommend studying *combinatorics* and *graph theory* as well along with *discrete mathematics.* I would implore to start with discrete math first and get good with *set theory* and *basic logic* before diving into other areas. Obviously some *algebra* and even *calculus* can be helpful just for gaining the math maturity to help solve math and logic related problems. Another very important and useful thing to study is *Boolean algebra* and the logic that goes into it. *Truth tables, postulates, theorems, K-maps, minterms/maxterms, and combinational logic* can make it easier to simplify logical problems down into mathematical functions that can be solved. Of course also understand how computers store data, communicate, and perform tasks. Being able to *represent data in terms of strings of binary sequences* and how that translates to characters in a machine.

[softllamaspajamas]

I’m taking discrete maths in the fall so this is super helpful!

[nikolausluhrs]

I really like the idea of accountants learning programming! My account friend was still way too dependent on spreadsheets to do stuff that could be done easily in code.
I wish you the best in your endevors!

[thatsfantastic]

Hello, Myself from Pakistan. And I am BS Information Technology. Maybe I could guide a bit here. Actually from an Information tech/computer science perspective, you have to precisely understand the importance and amount of mathematics that you need because it varies from task to task. If Questioner wants to work in development side, then Mathematics is not going to be a problem, I mean shouldn't be one. If you wanna work in Data structure and Algorithm side, there would be only basic mathematical logic, set theory and maybe basic graph theory to just start it and you study further as you move on. If you want to go into network security side then you wanna learn number theory for cryptography and stuff. If you want to work in Data Analysis/Science side, you wanna learn statistics, probability, calculus, linear algebra to get a start because this side is really hard on mathematics. So it really depends what you want to do. Don't just get lost in the deep dark forest of mathematics, just stay focused, prioritize you stuff, divide and conquer you tasks, and best of luck. ♥ Welcome to Programming world.

[nikolaminkov]

Hi! I am from Bulgaria. when you made the video about the spanish book I bought it. I looked at it and saw that the problems are easy compared to the algebra workbook that was used in our high school 30-40 years ago. I could recommend you one of the some bulgarian books like :
1"сборник от задачи по алгебра за 7-10 клас"
2."ръководство за решаване на задачи по математика част 1"

[mercrob]

I have the math skills of an amoeba. Unless they're excellent at math...then not so much. But here I am at 7 am watching your fascinating video with a cup of coffee. I love passionate people. Honestly it's all Greek to me but I love this channel.

[gaureesha]

Rosen is pretty good. Quite verbose, so focus only on important topics

[Andrumen]

Super suggested book: A Logical Approach to Discrete Math - David Gries, Fred B. Schneider

It starts from scratch using a more...computer science approach, but it's amazing!

[saisreekar]

I've studied discerete math in my college and it's really a cool subject so if one wants to self learn the subject there's a book called discrete mathematics by kenneth rosen it consists of concepts which are explained crystal clear and tons of exercises.

[manarsalem]

It's so funny how I'm also from Egypt and watching this video. Thanks Mohamed for writing that email! 😂❤