Probability theory began in seventeenth century France when the two great French mathematicians, Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, corresponded over two problems from games of chance. Problems like those Pascal and Fermat solved continued to influence such early researchers … Seguir Leyendo…

The Hubble Space Telescope (Hubble) has many legacies. There is a rich scientifi legacy (the wealth of astronomical information it has added and continues to add to our store of knowledge about the universe); a cultural legacy (our new vision … Seguir Leyendo…

An introductory coverage of algorithms and data structures with application to graphics and geometry. Table of Contents Part I: Programming environments for motion, graphics, and geometry Part II: Programming concepts: beyond notation Part III: Objects, algorithms, programs Part IV: Complexity … Seguir Leyendo…

Foundations of Computation is a free textbook for a one-semester course in theoretical computer science. It has been used for several years in a course at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The course has no prerequisites other than introductory computer … Seguir Leyendo…

As a general description one could say that discrete mathematics is the mathematics that deals with “separated” or discrete sets of objects rather than with continuous sets such as the real line. For example, the graphs that we learn to … Seguir Leyendo…