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What math should I take before discrete math?
A2A. At UC Berkeley, the official prerequisites for Discrete Mathematics is “mathematical maturity appropriate to a sophomore math. Calculus is recommend.”
Is discrete math real math?
“Discrete Math” is not the name of a branch of mathematics, like number theory, algebra, calculus, etc. Rather, it’s a description of a set of branches of math that all have in common the feature that they are “discrete” rather than “continuous”.
Is discrete mathematics worth taking?
Discrete math is essential to college-level mathematics and beyond. Students who learn a significant quantity of discrete math before entering college will be at a significant advantage when taking undergraduate-level math courses.
What is the difference between discrete math and Applied Mathematics?
The applied mathematicians’ problems are derived from real world phenomena they want to solve or understand. They use mathematics to solve a real world problem. Discrete math is a sub field of pure math. The problems discussed here are closely related to integers. They are interested in discrete things, not continuous things.
What is the difference between discrete and real numbers?
In contrast to real numbers that have the property of varying “smoothly”, the objects studied in discrete mathematics – such as integers, graphs, and statements in logic do not vary smoothly in this way, but have distinct, separated values.
What is the history of discrete mathematics?
In university curricula, “Discrete Mathematics” appeared in the 1980s, initially as a computer science support course, and therefore it is nowadays a prerequisite for mathematics majors in some universities as well. Some high-school-level discrete mathematics textbooks have appeared as well.
What is the difference between theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics?
Some high-school-level discrete mathematics textbooks have appeared as well. Theoretical computer science includes areas of discrete mathematics relevant to computing. It draws heavily on graph theory and mathematical logic. Included within theoretical computer science is the study of algorithms for computing mathematical results.