Another Word For It Patrick Durusau on Topic Maps and Semantic Diversity

February 25, 2013

Discrete Structures (University of Washington 2008)

Filed under: Discrete Structures,Mathematics — Patrick Durusau @ 1:38 pm

I found the following material following a link in Christophe Lalanne’s A bag of tweets / February 2013 on “Common Mistakes in Discrete Mathematics.”

Clearly organized around a text but it wasn’t clear which text was being used.

Backing up the URI, I found the homepage for: CSE 321: Discrete Structures 2008, which listed the textbook as Rosen, Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, McGraw-Hill, 6th Edition. (BTW, there is a 7th edition, Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications).

I also found links for:

Homework

Lecture Slides

Recorded Lectures

Post-Section Notes (note and a problem correction)

and, the origin of my inquiry:

Common Mistakes in Discrete Mathematics

In this section of the Guide we list many common mistakes that people studying discrete mathematics sometimes make. The list is organized chapter by chapter, based on when they first occur, but sometimes mistakes made early in the course perpetuate in later chapters. Also, some of these mistakes are remnants of misconceptions from high school mathematics (such as the impulse to assume that every operation distributes over every other operation).

In most cases we describe the mistake, give a concrete example, and then offer advice about how to avoid it. Note that additional advice about common mistakes in given, implicitly or explicitly, in the solutions to the odd-numbered exercises, which constitute the bulk of this Guide.

If 2008 sounds a bit old, you’re right. There is an update that requires a separate post. See: UW Courses in Computer Science and Engineering.

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