Alright, I am in calc 2 right now, and I have 8 months until uni. I am going in for computer engineering, but I also want to get ahead in math before I get on campus. I am trying to a certain computer science exercise (bellman-ford) and just looking it up has shown me that I know nothing about discrete mathematics. The only real advanced math i have under my belt at the moment is calc 1, but as I said, I am starting calc 2 this semester and will finish it in may. Is my primitive mathematical knowledge enough to begin studying discrete mathematics? Also, can /sci/ rec me some good books to start learning discrete mathematics?
>>8583306
I knew shit about math when I took discrete math apart from some rusty algebra and I got an A. So don't worry about it much. It's not that hard.
>>8583306
Bait thread?
Calculus isn't advanced mathematics and neither is discrete. Discrete mathematics has nothing to do with calculus. The only prerequisite knowledge needed is basic pre-calc algebra.
>>8583311
>posted from Middle of Nowhere State University
alright I got a good idea of what to do. i am going to work through the textbook "discrete math and its applications" by rosen.
>>8583326
not bait, I am a babby calc student not even in uni yet, and as I said I don't know anything about discrete math.
>>8583327
>t. butthurt CS major
>>8583329
Save yourself the embarrassment and stop referring to basic, lower division math classes as "advanced" now then. People will laugh at you.
You can teach yourself discrete, but you'll be wasting your time since universities usually aren't willing to let you test out of a sophomore level class. The material is easy, but vast. DESU, id say you're doing yourself a disservice if you choose to not learn it from lecture, since you will probably cover different material, or the same material in different context. The point of the class is to teach you how to write proofs, anyway.
>>8583306
Read the Book of Proof: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~rhammack/BookOfProof/
>>8583306
>advanced math
>Calc I
CRINGE