《离散数学及其应用(英文版第7版)》
preface iv
about theauthor xiii
the companion website xiv
to the studentxvi
list of symbols xix
1 the foundations：logic and proofs
1．1 propositional logic
1．2 applications of propositional logic
1．3 propositional equivalences
1．4 predicates andquantifiers
1．5 nested quantifiers
1．6 rules of inference
1．7 introduction to proofs
1．8 proofmethods and strategy
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2 basic structures：sets，functions，sequences，sums，and matrices
2．1 sets
2．2 set operations
2．3 functions
.2．4 sequences and summations
2．5 cardinality of sets
2．6 matrices
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3 algorithms
3．1 algorithms
3．2 the growth of functions
3．3 complexity of algofithms
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4 number theory and cryptography
4．1 divisibilitv andmodular arithmetic
4．2 integer representations andalgorithms
4．3 primesand greatest common divisors
4．4 solving congruences
4．5 applications of congruences
4．6 cryptography
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5 induction and recursion
5．1 mathematical induction
5．2 strong induction and well-ordering
5．3 recursive definitions and structural induction
5．4 recursive algorithms
5．5 program correctness
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6 counting
6．1 tlle basics of counting
6．2 the pigeonhole principle
6．3 permutations and combinations
6．4 binomial coefficients and identities
6．5 generalized permutations and combinations
6．6 generating permutations and combinations
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7 discrete probability
7．1 an introduction to discrete probability
7．2 probability theory
7．3 bayes’theorem
7．4 expected value and variance
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8 advanced counring technigues
8．1 applications of recurrence relations
8．2 solving linear recurrence relations
8．3 divide-and-conquer algorithms and recurrence relations
8．4 generating functions
8．5 inclusion-exclusion
8．6 applications of inclusion-exclusion
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9 relations
9．1 relations and their properties
9．2 n-ary relations and theirapplications
9．3 representing relations
9．4 closures of relations
9．5 equivalence relations
9．6 partial orderings
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10 graphs
10．1 graphs andgraphmodels
10．2 graph terminology and special types of graphs
10．3 representing graphs and graph isomorphism
10．4 connectivity
10．5 eulerandhamiltonpaths
10．6 shortest．pathproblems
10．7 planargraphs
10．8 graphcoloring
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11 trees
11．1 introduction to trees
11．2 applications of trees
11．3 tree travcrsal
11．4 spanning trees
11．5 minimum spanning trees
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12 boolean algebra
12．1 boolean functions
12．2 representing boolean functions
12．3 logic gates
12．4 minimization of circuits
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13 modeling cornputation
13．1 languagesand grammars
13．2 finite-state machines with output
13．3 finite-state machines with no output
13．4 languagerecognition
13．5 turing machines
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appendixes
1 axioms for the real numbers and the positive integers
2 exponential and logarithmic functions
3 pseudocode
suggestedreadings b-1
answers to odd-numbered exercises s-1
photo credits c-1
index ofbiographies i-1
index i-2