Building Blocks for Theoretical Computer Science
by Margaret M. Fleck
Publisher: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2013
Number of pages: 271
Description:
This book teaches you how to read and write mathematical proofs. It provides a survey of basic mathematical objects, notation, and techniques which will be useful in later computer science courses. And, finally, it gives a brief introduction to some key topics in theoretical computer science: algorithm analysis and complexity, automata theory, and computability.
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