@book {MATHEDUC.05857484,
    author       = {Vermani, L. R. and Vermani, Shalini},
    title        = {A course in discrete mathematical structures.},
    year         = {2012},
    isbn         = {978-1-84816-696-7},
    pages        = {xiv, 626~p.},
    publisher    = {London: Imperial College Press},
    abstract     = {The publisher's description presents style and contents adequately: ``This book provides a broad introduction to some of the most fascinating and beautiful areas of discrete mathematical structures. It starts with a chapter on sets and goes on to provide examples in logic, applications of the principle of inclusion and exclusion and finally the pigeonhole principle. Computational techniques including the principle of mathematical induction are provided, as well as a study of elementary properties of graphs, trees and lattices. Some basic results on groups, rings, fields and vector spaces are also given, the treatment of which is intentionally simple since such results are fundamental as a foundation for students of discrete mathematics. In addition, some results on solutions of systems of linear equations are discussed.'' There are extremely many examples which mostly are calculated in detail. Several of them are actually theorems. The authors try to be not too formal, to reduce the use of symbols -- there is no index of symbols. The style is very detailed and easygoing, consequently the book is voluminous, more than 600 pages. The index seems to contain every appearance of the listed words, in some cases there are about 100 references for one term. Accidentally, I found two examples where the authors transport special (cultural-patriarchal) aspects: ``Men do not permit their wives\dots.''},
    reviewer     = {Ulrich Knauer (Oldenburg)},
    msc2010      = {N75xx (K25xx)},
    identifier   = {2012f.01039},
}