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Record Nr.

UNINA9911007458103321

Autore

Knauer Kolja

Titolo

Discrete and Algebraic Structures : A Concise Introduction / / by Kolja Knauer, Ulrich Knauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

9783662705636

9783662705629

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (528 pages)

Collana

Mathematics Study Resources, , 2731-3832 ; ; 18

Altri autori (Persone)

KnauerUlrich

Disciplina

512

Soggetti

Algebra

MatemĂ tica discreta

Estructures algebraiques ordenades

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Fundamentals  -- 2. Sets and Counting  -- 3. Numbers and their Representations  -- 4. Relations -- 5. Mappings -- 6. Graphs -- 7. Groupoid, Semigroup, Group -- 8. From Semirings to Fields -- 9. Act, Vector Space, Extension -- 10 Rings and Modules. 11 Matroids -- 12 Categories -- Literature -- Symbols -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook presents the topics typically covered in a standard course on discrete structures. It is aimed at students of computer science and mathematics (teaching degree and Bachelor's/Master's) and is designed to accompany lectures, for self-study, and for exam preparation. Through explanatory introductions to definitions, numerous examples, counterexamples, diagrams, cross-references, and outlooks, the authors manage to present the wide range of topics concisely and comprehensibly. Numerous exercises facilitate the deepening of the material. Due to its compact presentation of all important discrete and algebraic structures and its extensive index, the book also serves as a reference for mathematicians, computer scientists, and natural scientists. Contents: From propositional and predicate logic to sets and combinatorics, numbers, relations and mappings, graphs, to the rich



spectrum of algebraic structures, and a brief introduction to category theory. Additional chapters include rings and modules as well as matroids. This book is a translation of the second German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so the book may read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. The Authors Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Knauer is a retired professor of mathematics at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany). Dr. habil. Kolja Knauer is an associate professor in discrete mathematics and computer science at Aix-Marseille University (France) and at the University of Barcelona (Spain). .