This is the home page for N. C. Phillips' Math 232 at the University of Oregon, Spring quarter 2001.
Discrete mathematics is different.
It is about some general mathematical ideas which come up often in computer science. These ideas at first seem unrelated to specific problems, and the art of the subject is to find the connection between ideas and concrete problems. To master the course, it isn't enough to understand problems done in class or homework problems from the past, because you are going to see new problems on the examinations. Instead, you must practice until you grow confident that you can invent new methods when necessary. If you come to my office, you'll find that I often do the same thing.