On 2006-02-24 Charles Ashbacher, Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com) wrote: I teach a discrete mathematics course at the college level and have examined many discrete mathematics books looking for a suitable textbook. Quite frankly, this one is at the bottom of my list of selections as a text. Set theory, logic and functions are not given separate chapters. The book starts with chapters on election theory and fair division, topics that are not generally considered within the venue of discrete mathematics.
The chapters are:
*) Election theory.
*) Fair division.
*) Matrix operations and applications.
*) Graphs and their applications.
*) More graphs, subgraphs and trees.
*) Counting and probability.
*) Matrices revisited.
*) Recursion.
While the material on matrices and graphs is suitable, the emphasis is too great. In my opinion, spending time on the applications in this book is not a suitable use of time. There are so many other, more critical topics that students need to be exposed to.
. And summed up by saying Coverage is not standard for a discrete text. Currently Discrete Mathematics Through Applications has an overall rating of 4 over 10.
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W. H. Freeman claimed Written specifically for the high school discrete math course, Discrete Mathematics Through Applications lets the recently revised NCTM Standards be its guide. The book focuses on the connections among mathematical topics and real-life events and situations, emphasizing problem solving, mathematical reasoning and communication.
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