Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics: An Applied Introduction

I bought this book as a supplement to a summer course in Discrete Math, and since this was my first ever exposure to mathematical proof and dialog, I first thought this book mostly alien, with occaisional sections of brevity; it did help me fill in some gaps left behind in Rosen's book, especially on some basic proofs dealing with integers and with combinatorial reasoning--something this book is REALLY good at... I'm in my... Read Full Review

Excellent book, carefully chosen examples, ideal for self study. I like it very much. My advice is not to skip any section or solved examples or you might be lost.

The book is very well-written, clear and precise. I have read a couple of other books for discrete math courses, but found nothing exciting there; mostly frustrating errors, bad examples and confusion. Grimaldi's book covers pretty much everything you need to understand and apply in Discrete Mathematics. The exercises are well designed, in increasing difficulty. For most of the exercises, one can find similar examples in... Read Full Review

Grimaldi has produced a wonderful book. All the important topics in discrete math are explored, with many applications to computer science, the main client field of discrete math. The text is well balanced between theory and application. Especially nice is the introduction to modern algebra, with applications to coding theory. I highly recommend this text to anyone wishing to explore discrete mathematics. A good understanding... Read Full Review

Plenty of excercises and answers. Very well explained; this book is a must for those who want to learn combinatorics, elementary graph theory, and many other extremely useful topics.