Mathematical Structures for Computer Science Sixth Edition

Although Amazon's shipment estimator gave me a 3-week estimate, the product arrived at my house within five days of payment. The book was in the condition described; no marks inside, binding intact & firm, and ready to be sold again after I finish using it. It was a good decision to buy this book from the seller rather than paying 3x the price to buy it used at my University's bookstore!

Used this book mostly for homework. The class I had it for was pretty easy, so I didn't need it much for reference. However, when the occasional confusion surfaced in class, I could immediately go straight to the book and sort out what was going on. Explains things very clearly with good examples.

This is overall a good book. It is not exactly the best introductory book to what is essentially discrete mathematics, but it does the job. The language is somewhat conversational and makes the reading tolerable if not mildly enjoyable. Other reviewers who describe this book as being too difficult need to remember that this is a book for computer scientists, and the subject matter in and of itself is not easy. Would you rather be spoon fed or would you rather get a good understanding of the material?

I've seen a few crummy text books in my time, but this one takes the cake. We are using it for an introduction to discrete math class, and it is nowhere near appropriate for introductory level. I am fairly sure the authors don't understand the subject well enough to write in an explanatory manner, and it reads as though it was translated into English through BabelFish. It is one thing to be able to discuss a subject among your peers, and it is another thing entirely to be able to make it accessible to anyone, and that is where this book fails horribly. If you have to buy this book for an introductory course, do yourself a favor and buy one of those Schaum's 2000 solved problem books, I've been able to learn all the material simply be following a problem and its solution and then doing the rest on my own. Ham handed explanations are no substitute for old fashioned practice with the materials.

I used this book for an undergraduate course in Discrete Mathematics. I'd say that the book tended to confuse more than clarify, at least in its initial explanation of things. Working through the example problems often helped correct that, though. My professor thought the author was pretty ambitious to be aimed at undergrads and ended up skipping most of the material on Turing machines; he also skipped the material on Probability because our computer science students must take a Prob & Stats course; otherwise, he stuck very closely to the book.I felt the book was structured well in that new chapters often built upon previous ones. The chapters on Formal Logic and Proof Techniques were long and detailed, but have since helped with my programming assignments. The chapters on Sets, Relations, Graphs, Trees, and Algorithms were the most valuable since they directly relate to my courses in Databases and Analysis of Algorithms.The book helped but I feel that my professor is what really made it work for me. The book isn't bad, but it's not great either; if anything, it's "alright."

This was easier to read, more naturally explained and more diverse in subject matter than the popular textbook by Rosen. I would definitely recommend this as the better textbook.

Bought as a textbook for class. Still in the first few weeks, but it seems well written and I'm learning a lot.

I can appreciate the explanations in proper mathematical jargon. It is to help you to learn to understand the jargon. Like reading ShakespeareHOWEVERThe examples in this book are much easier than the problems in the section problems. There are some concepts found in the section problem sets are not actually covered in the section. I had to look on the web for an explanation that made sense.Note the the author: Some of us taking Discrete Math are often not math whizzes. Please give a more layman's explanation in addition to the proper mathematical description.If you are looking for a book to learn Discrete Math on you own this book is NOT for you.