Mathematics for Computer Science [pdf]
This fall I will be teaching the required &quot;Discrete Math for CS course&quot; to about fifty students at the University of South Carolina. Previously I used Epp&#x27;s book [1] which in my opinion is an outstanding book but regrettably is $280.44. Many of our students are working minimum wage jobs to make ends meet, and I don&#x27;t want to make them pay so much if I can at all help it.<p>Lucky I saw this!!<p>I do have one reservation though -- many of our students come in with a weaker mathematical background than MIT students; for example we spent several weeks doing proofs by induction (and no other kinds of proofs) and this text doesn&#x27;t seem to feature a couple of weeks worth of examples.<p>I think I&#x27;ll probably go with this and supplement as needed. Really it looks quite wonderful. (And hell, the book seems to be open source which would mean that I could potentially <i>write supplmentary material directly into the book</i> and make my version available publicly as well.)<p>This thread seems like a particularly good place to solicit advice: experiences with this book or others, what you wished you&#x27;d learned in your own undergraduate course on this subject, etc. I&#x27;ve taught this course once before -- I feel I did quite well but I still have room to improve. Thanks!<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Discrete-Mathematics-Applications-Susanna-Epp&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0495391328&#x2F;ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1488775608&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=epp+discrete+mathematics" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Discrete-Mathematics-Applications-Sus...</a>