Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications
A Student's Guide to the Study, Practice, and Tools of Modern Mathematics
1st Edition
By Donald Bindner, Martin Erickson
November 29, 2010
A Student’s Guide to the Study, Practice, and Tools of Modern Mathematics provides an accessible introduction to the world of mathematics. It offers tips on how to study and write mathematics as well as how to use various mathematical tools, from LaTeX and Beamer to Mathematica® and Maple™ to ...
Pearls of Discrete Mathematics
1st Edition
By Martin Erickson
September 16, 2009
Methods Used to Solve Discrete Math ProblemsInteresting examples highlight the interdisciplinary nature of this area Pearls of Discrete Mathematics presents methods for solving counting problems and other types of problems that involve discrete structures. Through intriguing examples, problems, ...
Applied Algebra: Codes, Ciphers and Discrete Algorithms, Second Edition
2nd Edition
By Darel W. Hardy, Fred Richman, Carol L. Walker
February 17, 2009
Using mathematical tools from number theory and finite fields, Applied Algebra: Codes, Ciphers, and Discrete Algorithms, Second Edition presents practical methods for solving problems in data security and data integrity. It is designed for an applied algebra course for students who have had prior ...
Design Theory
2nd Edition
By Charles C. Lindner, Christopher A. Rodger
October 23, 2008
Design Theory, Second Edition presents some of the most important techniques used for constructing combinatorial designs. It augments the descriptions of the constructions with many figures to help students understand and enjoy this branch of mathematics. This edition now offers a thorough ...
A Combinatorial Approach to Matrix Theory and Its Applications
1st Edition
By Richard A. Brualdi, Dragos Cvetkovic
August 06, 2008
Unlike most elementary books on matrices, A Combinatorial Approach to Matrix Theory and Its Applications employs combinatorial and graph-theoretical tools to develop basic theorems of matrix theory, shedding new light on the subject by exploring the connections of these tools to matrices. After ...
Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography, Second Edition
2nd Edition
By Lawrence C. Washington
April 03, 2008
Like its bestselling predecessor, Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography, Second Edition develops the theory of elliptic curves to provide a basis for both number theoretic and cryptographic applications. With additional exercises, this edition offers more comprehensive coverage of the ...
Combinatorial Methods with Computer Applications
1st Edition
By Jonathan L. Gross
November 16, 2007
Combinatorial Methods with Computer Applications provides in-depth coverage of recurrences, generating functions, partitions, and permutations, along with some of the most interesting graph and network topics, design constructions, and finite geometries. Requiring only a foundation in discrete ...
Introduction to Combinatorial Designs
2nd Edition
By W.D. Wallis
May 17, 2007
Combinatorial theory is one of the fastest growing areas of modern mathematics. Focusing on a major part of this subject, Introduction to Combinatorial Designs, Second Edition provides a solid foundation in the classical areas of design theory as well as in more contemporary designs based on ...
Handbook of Combinatorial Designs
2nd Edition
Edited
By Charles J. Colbourn, Jeffrey H. Dinitz
November 02, 2006
Continuing in the bestselling, informative tradition of the first edition, the Handbook of Combinatorial Designs, Second Edition remains the only resource to contain all of the most important results and tables in the field of combinatorial design. This handbook covers the constructions, properties...
An Introduction to Cryptography
2nd Edition
By Richard A. Mollin
September 18, 2006
Continuing a bestselling tradition, An Introduction to Cryptography, Second Edition provides a solid foundation in cryptographic concepts that features all of the requisite background material on number theory and algorithmic complexity as well as a historical look at the field.With numerous ...
Handbook of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography
1st Edition
Edited
By Henri Cohen, Gerhard Frey, Roberto Avanzi, Christophe Doche, Tanja Lange, Kim Nguyen, Frederik Vercauteren
July 19, 2005
The discrete logarithm problem based on elliptic and hyperelliptic curves has gained a lot of popularity as a cryptographic primitive. The main reason is that no subexponential algorithm for computing discrete logarithms on small genus curves is currently available, except in very special cases. ...
Spanning Trees and Optimization Problems
1st Edition
By Bang Ye Wu, Kun-Mao Chao
January 27, 2004
The design of approximation algorithms for spanning tree problems has become an exciting and important area of theoretical computer science and also plays a significant role in emerging fields such as biological sequence alignments and evolutionary tree construction. While work in this field ...