The why and how of discrete structures

Authors:
A. T. Berztiss
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Venue:
SIGCSE '76 Proceedings of the sixth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1976

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Abstract

Eight years after Curriculum 68 there is still much uncertainty regarding the place of discrete mathematics in a computer science curriculum. This paper explores the purposes of discrete mathematics courses in a very broad context. It is suggested that discrete mathematics be distributed over two courses, and that the attitudes established in the courses are more important than the contents of the courses.