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Discrete Structures (CS1123): Course Outline (CS1123)

Discrete structures are mathematical objects with distinct, separate values, forming the foundation of discrete mathematics.

Courses Details

Course Name: Discrete Structures
Course Code: CS1123
Credit Hours: 3+0
Prerequisites: None

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Course Outline

Mathematical reasoning: introduction to logic, propositional and predicate calculus; negation disjunction and conjunction; implication and equivalence; truth tables; predicates; quantifiers; natural deduction; rules of Inference; methods of proofs; use in program proving; resolution principle; Set theory: Paradoxes in set theory; inductive definition of sets and proof by induction; Relations, representation of relations by graphs; properties of relations, equivalence relations and partitions; Partial orderings; Linear and well-ordered sets; Functions: mappings, injection and surjection, composition of functions; inverse functions; special functions; Piano postulates; Recursive function theory; Elementary combinatory; counting techniques; recurrence relation; generating functions. Graph Theory: elements of graph theory, Planar Graphs, Graph Coloring, Euler graph, Hamiltonian path, trees and their applications.

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