Discrete Mathematics

[TheBuzzSaw]

This goes out to all you computer science majors out there.

Have any of you taken a discrete math course yet? I am in it right now. This is my second time. I dropped the first time last year because I was engaged to "sugarpoultry" (the SWF member) and quite distracted.

I am also curious as to which textbook you used (or are currently using). We are using the 6th edition written by Rosen. I am in chapter 3 -- ALGORITHMS! ^_^

 

[Haruka's DNA]

(AltF4, still not wanting to use his 1000th post: )

Yea, I'm a CompSci major, taken Discrete math. My math thread is probably a good place to go for future help. (Thread Name = AltF4 Teaches Math)

 

[Marty]

Going to be doing Comp Science. Did a whole mother of D. Maths in sixth form (upper high school). Hopefully it will serve to be more useful in future than it did (and does).

 

[Jammer]

I never took a discrete math class, but I did read through a discrete math textbook. I can't remember what it was called. I understood everything that was in there, but it didn't get too deep.

I'm not a CompSci major (still in high school), but I can write code.

What exactly is this thread for?

 

[omfgomfg]

I never took a discrete math class, but I did read through a discrete math textbook. I can't remember what it was called. I understood everything that was in there, but it didn't get too deep.

I'm not a CompSci major (still in high school), but I can write code.

What exactly is this thread for?

Are you in 10th grade?

 

[Jammer]

Are you in 10th grade?

No, 12th. I finished every math class offered at my school in 11th grade, though. We only go up to AP Calculus (no Discrete Math).

Does that answer what you were asking?

 

[omfgomfg]

yes, our school only goes up to AP calculus as well but it has AP statistics

 

[ThatGuy]

Heya, not quite sure what discrete mathematics are, but I'm a Computer Science student in Quebec. I'm pretty good in mathematics...

 

[Jammer]

yes, our school only goes up to AP calculus as well but it has AP statistics

Right, yeah. Mine too. I think most schools have AP Calc and Stats, and Economics, if you count that as a math course.

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

Discrete Math is nothing like "normal" math. I've never heard of this course being offered at high schools. I'm a junior in college, so I doubt anything you saw in high school was more than a basic quantitative reasoning book/course.

My high school maxed out at AP Calculus (which I took and scored 5/5 on the AP test).

 

[Jammer]

I've been feeling a bit depressed, so does anyone mind if I brag a bit to complete strangers by one-upping Buzz? If you don't want to hear it, feel free to not select the "spoilerified" text (below).

Spoiler

In 11th grade I took AP Calc. Actually, I only went to class for the first month, and then skipped it for the rest of the year. I didn't do any studying for the AP exam until literally 2 days before the exam, and then I spent about 10 hours total online skimming through various AP Calculus review sites. I didn't even eat a good breakfast before the exam. But I still got a 5 on the exam. I learned a year's worth of class material in 10 hours (plus a month of class). Sometimes, I love my brain.

If you read that, you boosted my ego a bit and made me feel a little better. So cheers to you.

 

[pikachun00b7]

Discrete Mathematics? What the hell is that?
I feel so stupid. Maybe I should use one of my dad's books to learn it.
Hmmmm.... I will do it after I finish Calc... which will take forever.

 

[Jammer]

Discrete Mathematics.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Double-u double-u double-u dot e en dot wikipedia dot org.

Discrete mathematics, also called finite mathematics or Decision Maths, is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete, in the sense of not supporting or requiring the notion of continuity. Most, if not all, of the objects studied in finite mathematics are countable sets, such as integers, finite graphs, and formal languages.

Discrete mathematics has become popular in recent decades because of its applications to computer science. Concepts and notations from discrete mathematics are useful to study or describe objects or problems in computer algorithms and programming languages. In some mathematics curricula, finite mathematics courses cover discrete mathematical concepts for business, while discrete mathematics courses emphasize concepts for computer science majors.

(There you go, pikachun00b7 and anyone else who doesn't know what Discrete Mathematics are. Although you probably looked on Wikipedia yourselves...)

 

[pikachun00b7]

Discrete Mathematics.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Double-u double-u double-u dot e en dot wikipedia dot org.

Discrete mathematics, also called finite mathematics or Decision Maths, is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete, in the sense of not supporting or requiring the notion of continuity. Most, if not all, of the objects studied in finite mathematics are countable sets, such as integers, finite graphs, and formal languages.

Discrete mathematics has become popular in recent decades because of its applications to computer science. Concepts and notations from discrete mathematics are useful to study or describe objects or problems in computer algorithms and programming languages. In some mathematics curricula, finite mathematics courses cover discrete mathematical concepts for business, while discrete mathematics courses emphasize concepts for computer science majors.

(There you go, pikachun00b7 and anyone else who doesn't know what Discrete Mathematics are. Although you probably looked on Wikipedia yourselves...)

I couldn't, wikipedia got banned.

 

[Jammer]

I couldn't, wikipedia got banned.

Oooh, that happened at my school, too. Some kids said that the principle liked to boil babies in a cauldron on our school's article or something like that.

So, instead of blocking edits from the school's IP address, they completely ban Wikipedia. Doing research papers totally sucked without the Puzzly Globe's help.