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Mathematics for Computer Science

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Numbers sequence. (Image courtesy of David Wise. Used with permission.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

6.042J / 18.062J

As Taught In

Spring 2005

Level

Undergraduate

Course Description

Course Features

Course Description

This course is offered to undergraduates and is an elementary discrete mathematics course oriented towards applications in computer science and engineering. Topics covered include: formal logic notation, induction, sets and relations, permutations and combinations, counting principles, and discrete probability.

Other Versions

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Charles Leiserson, Eric Lehman, Srinivas Devadas, and Albert Meyer. 6.042J Mathematics for Computer Science. Spring 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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