Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics

The importance of discrete mathematics has increased dramatically within the last few years but until now, it has been difficult - if not impossible - to find a single reference book that effectively covers the subject. To fill that void, "The Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics" presents a comprehensive collection of ready reference material for all of the important areas of discrete mathematics, including those essential to its applications in computer science and engineering. Its topics include: Logic and foundations; Counting Number theory; Abstract and linear algebra; Probability; Graph theory; Networks and optimization; Cryptography and coding; and, Combinatorial designs. The author presents the material in a simple, uniform way, and emphasizes what is useful and practical.For easy reference, he incorporates into the text: many glossaries of important terms; lists of important theorems and formulas; numerous examples that illustrate terms and concepts; helpful descriptions of algorithms; summary tables; and, citations of web pages that supplement the text. If you have ever had to find information from discrete mathematics in your work - or just out of curiosity - you probably had to search through a variety of books to find it. Never again. "The Handbook of Discrete Mathematics" is now available and has virtually everything you need - everything important to both theory and practice.