Discrete Math
jazzmaster
Why is the discrete math domain called 'discrete math'? :)
Sorry for the simple question...
Will Twentyman
It tends to deal with math questions that are discrete in nature, rather
than continuous in nature. Now that I've used the term in the answer....
Discrete math tends to deal with things that don't smoothly shift from
one value to the next as they do in calculus. Problems that involve
counting tend to produce integer results ("how many subsets of {1,2,3}
are there"). A die can only produce 1,2,3,4,5, or 6, but never pi. In
some situation, you will deal with fractions, but still only certain
values, not all. The key is whether you have access to the reals, or
just a finite number of values or the integers for a particular problem.
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Will Twentyman
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