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008			120808t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a3540780440
050			_aQA9.G358
100			_aGerstein, Larry J.
245			_aIntroduction to mathematical structures and profits. / _cLarry J. Gertein
260			_aNew York: _bJones and Barlett Publishers, _c1996.
300			_ax, 350 p.: _bill.; _c24cm.
505			_aContents: Logic: Statements, propositions and theorems -- Logical connectives and truth tables -- Conditional statements -- Proofs: structures and strategies -- Logical equivalence -- Applications: A Brief introduction to switching circuits -- Sets: Fundamentals -- Russell's paradox -- Quantifiers -- Set inclusion -- Union, intersection and complement -- Indexed sets -- The Power set -- Ordered pairs and cartesian products -- Set decomposition: partitions and relations -- Mathematical induction and recursion -- Functions: Definitions and examples -- Surjections, injections, bijections, sequences -- Composition of functions -- Finite and Infinite sets: Cardinality: Fundamental counting principles -- Comparing sets, finite or infinite -- uncountable sets -- More on infinity -- Languages and finite automata -- Permutations and Combinations: Combinatorial problems -- The Addition and product rules -- Introduction to permutations -- Permutations and geometric symmetry -- Decomposition into cycles -- Computing the order of a permutation; A Card - Shuffling example -- Odd and even permutations; Applications to configurations -- Binomial and multinomial coefficients
650			_aMathematical structures
942			_2lcc _cBK
999			_c1961 _d9461