| A Logical Approach to Discrete Math Contributor(s): Gries, David (Author), Schneider, Fred B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1441928359 ISBN-13: 9781441928351 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Discrete Mathematics - Computers | Computer Science - Computers | Programming Languages - General |
| Dewey: 004 |
| Series: Monographs in Computer Science |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.60 lbs) 516 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This text attempts to change the way we teach logic to beginning students. Instead of teaching logic as a subject in isolation, we regard it as a basic tool and show how to use it. We strive to give students a skill in the propo- sitional and predicate calculi and then to exercise that skill thoroughly in applications that arise in computer science and discrete mathematics. We are not logicians, but programming methodologists, and this text reflects that perspective. We are among the first generation of scientists who are more interested in using logic than in studying it. With this text, we hope to empower further generations of computer scientists and math- ematicians to become serious users of logic. Logic is the glue Logic is the glue that binds together methods of reasoning, in all domains. The traditional proof methods -for example, proof by assumption, con- tradiction, mutual implication, and induction- have their basis in formal logic. Thus, whether proofs are to be presented formally or informally, a study of logic can provide understanding. |