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Boolean Algebra and Its Applications
This introduction to Boolean algebra explores the subject on a level accessible even to those with a modest background in mathematics. The first chapter presents the algebra of sets from an intuitive point of view, followed by a formal presentation in chapter two of Boolean algebra as an abstract algebraic system, with no reference to applications.
Succeeding chapters offer concise accounts of applications to symbolic logic, focusing on topics of logic common to elementary mathematics and discussing concepts of valid argument and indirect proofs. Additional topics include the algebra of circuits — switching, relay, and computer — as well as the application of the algebra of sets to probability theory. Problems appear throughout the text, with answers to selected problems at the end of the book. Geared toward students of mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering, this text can be appreciated by anyone who understands college-level mathematics. It will prove particularly valuable to philosophy students and others wishing to study symbolic logic and its application to computer science.
Succeeding chapters offer concise accounts of applications to symbolic logic, focusing on topics of logic common to elementary mathematics and discussing concepts of valid argument and indirect proofs. Additional topics include the algebra of circuits — switching, relay, and computer — as well as the application of the algebra of sets to probability theory. Problems appear throughout the text, with answers to selected problems at the end of the book. Geared toward students of mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering, this text can be appreciated by anyone who understands college-level mathematics. It will prove particularly valuable to philosophy students and others wishing to study symbolic logic and its application to computer science.
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 27, 1995
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August 31, 2015
This is a must read book for any Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
student. It requires some bare bones understanding of logical operations
that any first year Computer Science and Electrical Engineering student will
have. This text presents the spectrum of simple logic applied to the design
of electronic circuits made up of active processing elements of electro-
mechanical relays...
student. It requires some bare bones understanding of logical operations
that any first year Computer Science and Electrical Engineering student will
have. This text presents the spectrum of simple logic applied to the design
of electronic circuits made up of active processing elements of electro-
mechanical relays...
June 17, 2008
A noble effort, but there's really not all that much one can say about Boolean algebra. Would have made a better pamphlet, in the proud tradition of yesteryear. Where are the pamphleteers of this modern era? Le sigh.
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