I took Discrete Math course as an undergrad and we usetgis wonderful textbook by Susanna Epp. Such a great textbook with great chapters on logic, set theory, graphs, etc.
It must depend a lot on the teacher because I really liked it. The teacher was really good. It was like going to the zoo for math so skip around to new ideas a lot.
@@SupercatzsThank you. I literally didn’t understand what we were proving, why we were proving it, and how the proof actually worked… probably a good thing I majored in CS lol
Hi, math sorcerer I'm a student studying in highschool I do know much of algebra and geometry of mathematics but I'm having trouble sometimes understanding the depth of word problems. I really want to know a way for solving word problems in mathematics, how to approach it and what are the steps. I request you to please make a vedio on this topic. Thank you sir
I recommend ‘The Art and Craft of Problem Solving’ by Paul Zeitz; there is a free pdf available through UMass Amhurst’s website, which should be the first result on a google search. It’s intended for “college-level novices”, but it is absolutely approachable for high school students, especially reading the first part of the book on psychological strategies for solving problems. Good luck!
word problems get way easier once you generally understand what they're asking for. The main problem I assume that you're having is an inability to find out what method they're expecting from you, I used to struggle with this too. For word problems, the first step is going through all of the methods that you've learned recently and trying to apply them to the problem; some methods will obviously not work and it'll leave you with a smaller pool of methods. As you keep applying this strategy you'll slowly see that one method does work and does make sense, and in the long term it'll become intuitive
DM is the easiest and hardest class at the same time, if you know how to prove things its a walk on the park else its just learning how to prove but now you have to use that in a broather context so yeah, proofs and proofs
Back when I first took discrete math it was in the early 1980s and they didn't have proofs.. People still bombed that. I did ok, because I knew permutations/combinations/probability (which it had), sets, and a lot of math going into the course.
I'm taking a grad level discrete math course for CS majors with a non-cs background. I hired a tutor today to try and help me in advance of my midterm next week and she couldn't figure out either of the problems I was struggling with. I am so cooked
I think that taking discrete math will determine if you like doing proofs. Actually, if you have a hard time with proofs, consider applied math or statistics.
Except for habit, it might be called disparate math, as it is a collection of dissimilar topics presented incompletely. Most topics, graph theory, for example, require an additional course to be usefully understood, and to establish connections with other topics, of which there are many. This is a salad class, not a main course.
In my opinion, discrete mathematics is boring because of the lack of smooth, continuous space for my mind to move freely to make curves and thus solve problems. Discrete mathematics is a straitjacket that prevents me from thinking and solving problems. Once I understand and solve a challenging problem, I can develop a linear, elegant, and discretizable method.
I took descrete math using the book "Concrete mathematics" by Knuth, Oren and Patashnik. That book is the most difficult book I've ever encountered during my master in math-education. Don't buy it unless you're a new Euler.
Coincidentally, yesterday I printed out a book about discrete mathematics to put it as the first step in my mathematics rehabilitation methodology.
Just curious? How do you do that on the cheap?
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I took Discrete Math course as an undergrad and we usetgis wonderful textbook by Susanna Epp. Such a great textbook with great chapters on logic, set theory, graphs, etc.
It must depend a lot on the teacher because I really liked it. The teacher was really good. It was like going to the zoo for math so skip around to new ideas a lot.
definitely one of the hardest math courses i've taken, especially all the combinatorics based questions
bijection proofs probably top everything else in difficulty
@@SupercatzsThank you. I literally didn’t understand what we were proving, why we were proving it, and how the proof actually worked… probably a good thing I majored in CS lol
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one of the only real obstacles between me and that cs degree. really hope i pass it when that time comes...
Hi, math sorcerer I'm a student studying in highschool I do know much of algebra and geometry of mathematics but I'm having trouble sometimes understanding the depth of word problems. I really want to know a way for solving word problems in mathematics, how to approach it and what are the steps.
I request you to please make a vedio on this topic.
Thank you sir
I recommend ‘The Art and Craft of Problem Solving’ by Paul Zeitz; there is a free pdf available through UMass Amhurst’s website, which should be the first result on a google search. It’s intended for “college-level novices”, but it is absolutely approachable for high school students, especially reading the first part of the book on psychological strategies for solving problems. Good luck!
word problems get way easier once you generally understand what they're asking for. The main problem I assume that you're having is an inability to find out what method they're expecting from you, I used to struggle with this too. For word problems, the first step is going through all of the methods that you've learned recently and trying to apply them to the problem; some methods will obviously not work and it'll leave you with a smaller pool of methods. As you keep applying this strategy you'll slowly see that one method does work and does make sense, and in the long term it'll become intuitive
I'm starting a math major and I am taking discrete math during my first term starting in September :D
DM is the easiest and hardest class at the same time, if you know how to prove things its a walk on the park else its just learning how to prove but now you have to use that in a broather context so yeah, proofs and proofs
Back when I first took discrete math it was in the early 1980s and they didn't have proofs.. People still bombed that. I did ok, because I knew permutations/combinations/probability (which it had), sets, and a lot of math going into the course.
took it last year. Proof was the hardest part...
Discrete Mathematics is easy: it's *just* counting!
HEH!! HEH!! HEH!! HEH!!
I'm taking a grad level discrete math course for CS majors with a non-cs background. I hired a tutor today to try and help me in advance of my midterm next week and she couldn't figure out either of the problems I was struggling with.
I am so cooked
I think that taking discrete math will determine if you like doing proofs. Actually, if you have a hard time with proofs, consider applied math or statistics.
Except for habit, it might be called disparate math, as it is a collection of dissimilar topics presented incompletely. Most topics, graph theory, for example, require an additional course to be usefully understood, and to establish connections with other topics, of which there are many. This is a salad class, not a main course.
In my opinion, discrete mathematics is boring because of the lack of smooth, continuous space for my mind to move freely to make curves and thus solve problems. Discrete mathematics is a straitjacket that prevents me from thinking and solving problems. Once I understand and solve a challenging problem, I can develop a linear, elegant, and discretizable method.
I took descrete math using the book "Concrete mathematics" by Knuth, Oren and Patashnik. That book is the most difficult book I've ever encountered during my master in math-education. Don't buy it unless you're a new Euler.
Yes, discrt math is quite complex, it is a bunch of different topics
What do I need to know before getting into discrete math ?
@@TheMrblaster2012basic understanding of multivariate calculus, a proofs class or book would be very beneficial
@@TheMrblaster2012Algebra.
1:39 because of new concepts (?)
Can a math major take discrete math?
It's one of the "bread and butter" topics of a Math Major.
obviously
I'm worried!
I used to like calculus more as it seemed more practical. I sucked at DM. Now I am decent at DM and can't bear calculus. 😂
I go to university for Computer Engineering and we have 6 math courses in the plan .. i finished 5/6 and discrete math was the easiest thus far
What were the other courses
@marcwolpert457 Calculus 1 to 3 and differential equation.
Stop watching videos. By any means, get ahold of old exams, do the problems over and over again.
I studied like crazy for Discrete Math and thought I had it figured out. Then I got a D. Whoops
Wow, I actually learned nothing with this video. Thanks for wasting a portion of my life.