Susanna Epp’s Discrete Mathematics: An Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning provides the same clear introduction to discrete mathematics and mathematical reasoning as her highly acclaimed Discrete Mathematics with Applications, but in a compact form that focuses on core topics and omits certain applications usually taught in other courses.

The book is appropriate for use in a discrete mathematics course that emphasizes essential topics or in a mathematics major or minor course that serves as a transition to abstract mathematical thinking. The ideas of discrete mathematics underlie and are essential to the science and technology of the computer age. This book offers a synergistic union of the major themes of discrete mathematics together with the reasoning that underlies mathematical thought.

Renowned for her lucid, accessible prose, Epp explains complex, abstract concepts with clarity and precision, helping students develop the ability to think abstractly as they study each topic. In doing so, the book provides students with a strong foundation both for computer science and for other upper-level mathematics courses.