Pete Ray Wilson 

Hastings High School

Alief, Texas



petew@tenet.edu



Discrete Mathematics



The traditional mathematics curriculum ignores much of the mathematics 

that is included in discrete mathematics, and there are only a few 

secondary schools that offer students this area for study.  The study 

of discrete mathematics requires little in-depth knowledge of 

mathematics; therefore even students with limited backgrounds can see 

success in their endeavors.



Our electronics handbook on discrete mathematics has an overview of 

discrete mathematics including a brief history and individual chapters 

dealing with each of the following topics.

*	Counting theory

*	Social Choice

*	Recursion

*	Graph Theory

*	Matrices



 The handbook is designed to be used independently by the student at a 

self-directed pace.  Problem solving is emphasized and text has been 

kept to a minimum.  The handbook is also self-sufficient since all 

problems have areas designed for the student to use Mathcad.  The 

handbook is also designed to be self-evaluating since messages which 

tell the students the correctness of his answer are included.  If 

reteaching is necessary, the student is able to gain access to 

additional teaching screens.



This handbook may be used either as an introductory course in discrete 

mathematics or as an enrichment activities for an entire course.



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