Discrete Mathematics

If You Read This Post, Then You Will Be Smarter

by Jerome Carter on March 12, 2012 · 1 comment

Having spent a few months studying logic and proofs, I find that I pay closer attention to the statements people make in everyday conversation.     One type of argument that I see misused is logical implication.   Implications are conditional statements of the storied: “if  statement-1, then statement-2” type (i.e. if p, then q).      The statement following [...]

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Fun with Discrete Mathematics—No, Seriously

by Jerome Carter on November 21, 2011 · 0 comments

I have been plugging away at discrete math for a while now.   I can say, with no reservations, that it has been worth it.   I did not just decide one day to study DM.  This all started as an attempt to understand graph theory as it applies to workflow analysis.   Books and papers I have [...]

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