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Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics, Second Edition (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications)

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At the university I am attending Johnsonbaugh's book was a required text for a subject introducing discrete mathematics. Unfortunately, like many others it seems, I was less than impressed with the books ability 'teach', or even reinforce what we had just studied in lectures. I went looking for another book, not so much as a replacement for Johnsonbaugh's book, but as an additional reference/study aid.

Since owning this book I've found myself turning to it for explanations and examples over the required text. Almost every section lists definitions of terms, a bunch of useful facts and fully worked examples. Explanations and examples are clear and concise, while the facts often help to understand the process involved before getting into the examples.

I'd like to stress that this is certainly no replacement for a text book in discrete/combinatorial mathematics, however it is marvelous to have by your side to provide additional help through problem areas.

This book will occupy a prime spot on my bookshelf. I've had to use a bunch of different books to find this kind of information before. It's nice to see such a wide range of topics from discrete math covered so thoroughly.

I had to use Johnsonbaugh's book as it was required for my course. During my course I searched for many other references to help with my understanding. I was fortunate to have a great professor, that I'm sure could have taught the course with any book. I knew that I needed a better book though for future reference (I keep all my textbooks, later on in life I know how to find what I need to refresh the memory!).

This book by Rosen was the best! I can use it as a desk reference and will refer back to it often over the years. It has been a great reference too for the computer programming courses and as a supplement for Logic courses.

If you know you need a Discrete Mathematics book, have been searching the Internet looking for the right one (they are all expensive)and you want to make sure you get one you will be able to use after your course for a reference manual, this is the book you need.