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I barely passed discrete mathematics and now im taking data structures and algorithms.

does anyone have a good discrete mathematics textbook for brainlets? inb4 discrete mathematics with ducks.

i used this book, and it sucks

>> No.10003782

lol you want to write software as a career
damn nibba u dumb

start watching lectures from multiple schools on youtube or some shit. write some code to solve out some of the shit in there... it's all gay bro after you figure it out you'll realize how gay it is

>> No.10003783

>>10003782
no i have to take it as part of my degree. im doing comp eng

>> No.10003791

>>10003769
This book is literally the standard for discrete math written by PhD from MIT. The book is not the problem. You need to stop being a brainlet

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>>10003769
That is discrete math for brainlets.

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>>10003769

>> No.10003805

>>10003783
bummer, I learn visually so seeing a good video with good demonstrations of what the equations actually relate to in the real world as an example makes it click for me rather than being a nerfherder and solving math equations like an autist
data structures is easier once you digest the idea of linked lists and trees well
but shit if you haven't written any C code at this point or any language somewhat like it and you're trying to dive right in it will seem to be much more difficult than it is

a lot of what I hated about learning the traditional way was not solidifying the basic ideas of what you're trying to do before you start in on the math and not to mention the shitty notation/syntax that most math uses that makes something like discrete math much harder to understand compared to viewing a bit of code which makes it click

figure out how you learn best and use that approach. the books are usually shit and the classes are usually shit you've got to build some stuff to make it make sense.

just writing math out on a blackboard doesn't make you learn it, except autists think it does.
and they're wrong as per usual about everything.

don't be overwhelmed brohiem you can do this

>> No.10004213

>>10003805
there is some truth in what this guy said. Things that helped me with learning A&DT: writing binary/avl tree in C, writing quicksort in C with pseudocode from Cormen and then autistically "follow with mind" sorting of array in this method (with pen and paper to write states)

>> No.10004263

>>10003796
I don't think person understands the point of discrete mathematics.

It's supposed to give an introduction to all these topics to first year CS students so they can move on to an Algorithms and data structures course the next semester.

Then you go deeper in any of these topics the following years.

>> No.10005682

>>10003794
I read Epp's, and have browsed Rosen's. Lovasz's is the best though.

>> No.10005979

>>10003769
what school do you go to?