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Speak in Old English manner similar to how Shakespeare writes his sonnets. **Elapsed Time: 0.19 seconds** FINAL QUERY Final Query: CONTEXT: ########## File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 4 Context: ``` 6.6 Discriminative Models........................................159 6.7 Autoencoders...............................................163 6.8 Ranking*...................................................164 6.9 Summary....................................................164 IV Advanced Modelling and Inference..............................165 7 Probabilistic Graphical Models................................166 7.1 Introduction...............................................167 7.2 Bayesian Networks..........................................170 7.3 Markov Random Fields.......................................178 7.4 Bayesian Inference in Probabilistic Graphical Models......182 7.5 Summary....................................................185 8 Approximate Inference and Learning............................186 8.1 Monte Carlo Methods........................................187 8.2 Variational Inference.......................................189 8.3 Monte Carlo-Based Variational Learning*....................197 8.4 Approximate Learning*......................................199 8.5 Summary....................................................201 V Conclusions...................................................202 9 Concluding Remarks............................................203 Appendices.......................................................206 A Appendix A: Information Measures..............................207 A.1 Entropy....................................................207 A.2 Conditional Entropy and Mutual Information................210 A.3 Divergence Measures.......................................212 B Appendix B: KL Divergence and Exponential Family..........215 Acknowledgements...............................................217 ``` #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 5 Context: References =========== 218 #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 7 Context: # Notation - Random variables or random vectors – both abbreviated as rvs – are represented using roman typeface, while their values and realizations are indicated by the corresponding standard font. For instance, the equality \( x = x \) indicates that \( r \) takes value \( x \). - Matrices are indicated using uppercase fonts, with roman typeface used for random matrices. - Vectors will be taken to be in column form. - \( X^T \) and \( X' \) are the transpose and the pseudoinverse of matrix \( X \), respectively. - The distribution of a rv \( x \), either probability mass function (pmf) for discrete rv or probability density function (pdf) for continuous rvs, is denoted as \( p_x(x) \) or \( p(x) \). - The notation \( x \sim p_x \) indicates that \( r \) is distributed according to \( p_x \). - For jointly distributed rvs \( (x, y) \sim p_{x,y} \), the conditional distribution of \( x \) given the observation \( y = y \) is indicated as \( p_{x|y} \) or \( p(x|y) \). - The notation \( x|y \sim p_{x|y} \) indicates that \( r \) is drawn according to the conditional distribution \( p_{x|y} \). - The notation \( E_{p_{x|y}}[t] \) indicates the expectation of the argument with respect to the distribution of the rv \( x \sim p_x \). Accordingly, we will also write \( E_{x \sim p_y}[t] \) for the conditional expectation with respect to the distribution \( p_{y|x} \). When clear from the context, the distribution over which the expectation is computed may be omitted. - The notation \( P_{x|y}(t) \) indicates the probability of the argument event with respect to the distribution of the rv \( x \sim p_x \). When clear from the context, we may omit the specification of the distribution. #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 9 Context: # Acronyms - **AI:** Artificial Intelligence - **AMP:** Approximate Message Passing - **BN:** Bayesian Network - **DAG:** Directed Acyclic Graph - **ELBO:** Evidence Lower Bound - **EM:** Expectation Maximization - **ERM:** Empirical Risk Minimization - **GAN:** Generative Adversarial Network - **GLM:** Generalized Linear Model - **HMM:** Hidden Markov Model - **i.i.d.:** independent identically distributed - **KL:** Kullback-Leibler - **LASSO:** Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator - **LBP:** Loopy Belief Propagation - **LL:** Log-Likelihood - **LLR:** Log-Likelihood Ratio - **LS:** Least Squares - **MC:** Monte Carlo - **MCMC:** Markov Chain Monte Carlo - **MDL:** Minimum Description Length - **MFVI:** Mean Field Variational Inference - **MI:** Maximum Likelihood - **NRF:** Markov Random Field - **NLL:** Negative Log-Likelihood - **PAC:** Probably Approximately Correct - **pdf:** probability density function #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 11 Context: # Part I ## Basics #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 64 Context: ```markdown setting \( C = 2 \) recovers the Bernoulli distribution. PMFs in this model are given as: \[ \text{Cat}(x| \mu) = \prod_{k=0}^{C-1} \mu_k^{I(x=k)} \times (1 - \sum_{k=1}^{C-1} \mu_k) \quad (3.16) \] where we have defined \( \mu_k = \Pr[x = k] \) for \( k = 1, \ldots, C - 1 \) and \( \mu_0 = 1 - \sum_{k=1}^{C-1} \mu_k = \Pr[x = 0] \). The log-likelihood (LL) function is given as: \[ \ln(\text{Cat}(x|\mu)) = \sum_{k=1}^{C-1} I(x=k) \ln \mu_k + \ln \mu_0 \quad (3.17) \] This demonstrates that the categorical model is in the exponential family, with sufficient statistics vector \( u(x) = [I(x = 0) \ldots I(x = C - 1)]^T \) and measure function \( m(x) = 1 \). Furthermore, the mean parameters \( \mu = [\mu_1, \ldots, \mu_{C-1}]^T \) are related to the natural parameter vector \( \eta = [\eta_1, \ldots, \eta_{C-1}]^T \) by the mapping: \[ \eta_k = \ln \left( \frac{\mu_k}{1 - \sum_{j=1}^{C-1} \mu_j} \right) \quad (3.18) \] which again takes the form of an LLR. The inverse mapping is given by: \[ \mu = \left( \frac{e^{\eta_k}}{1 + \sum_{j=1}^{C-1} e^{\eta_j}} \right) \quad (3.19) \] The parameterization given here is minimal, since the sufficient statistics \( u(x) \) are linearly independent. An overcomplete representation would instead include in the vector of sufficient statistics also the function \( I(x=0) \). In this case, the resulting vector of sufficient statistics is: \[ u(x) = \begin{cases} 1 & \text{if } x = 0 \\ 1 & \text{if } x = C - 1 \end{cases} \quad (3.20) \] which is known as one-hot encoding of the categorical variable, since only one entry equals 1 while the others are zero. Furthermore, with this... ``` #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 80 Context: # Probabilistic Models for Learning ## 3.9 Summary In this chapter, we have reviewed an important class of probabilistic models that are widely used as components in learning algorithms for both supervised and unsupervised learning tasks. Among the key properties of members of this class, known as the exponential family, are the simple form taken by the gradient of the log-likelihood (LL), as well as the availability of conjugate priors in the same family for Bayesian inference. An extensive list of distributions in the exponential family along with corresponding sufficient statistics, measure functions, log-partition functions, and mappings between natural and mean parameters can be found in [156]. More complex examples include the Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBMs) to be discussed in Chapter 6 and Chapter 8. It is worth mentioning that there are also distributions not in the exponential family, such as the uniform distribution parameterized by its support. The chapter also covered the important idea of applying exponential models to supervised learning via Generalized Linear Models (GLMs). Energy-based models were finally discussed as an advanced topic. The next chapter will present various applications of models in the exponential family to classification problems. #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 138 Context: # Unsupervised Learning may wish to cluster a set \( D \) of text documents according to their topics, by modeling the latter as an unobserved label \( z_n \). Broadly speaking, this requires to group together documents that are similar according to some metric. It is important at this point to emphasize the distinction between classification and clustering: While the former assumes the availability of a labelled set of training examples and evaluates its (generalization) performance on a separate set of unlabelled examples, the latter works with a single, unlabelled, set of examples. The different notation used for the labels \( z_n \) in lieu of \( t_n \) is meant to provide a reminder of this key difference. ## Dimensions reduction and representation: Given the set \( D \), we would like to represent the data points \( x_n \in D \) in a space of lower dimensionality. This makes it possible to highlight independent explanatory factors, and/or to ease visualization and interpretation [93], e.g., for text analysis via vector embedding (see, e.g., [124]). ## Feature extraction: Feature extraction is the task of deriving functions of the data points \( x_n \) that provide useful lower-dimensional inputs for tasks such as supervised learning. The extracted features are unobserved, and hence latent, variables. As an example, the hidden layer of a deep neural network extracts features from the data for use by the output layer (see Sec. 4.5). ## Generation of new samples: The goal here is to train a machine that is able to produce samples that are approximately distributed according to the true distribution \( p(x) \). For example, in computer graphics for filmmaking or gaming, one may want to train a software that is able to produce artistic scenes based on a given description. The variety of tasks and the difficulty in providing formal definitions, e.g., on the realism of an artificially generated image, may hinder unsupervised learning, at least in its current state, a less formal field than supervised learning. Often, loss criteria in unsupervised learning measure the divergence between the learned model and the empirical data distribution, but there are important exceptions, as we will see. #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 169 Context: # 6.8 Ranking ## Denoising autoencoders An alternative approach to facilitate the learning of useful features is that taken by denoising autoencoders [150]. Denoising autoencoders add noise to each input \( x_n \), obtaining a noisy version \( \tilde{x}_n \), and then train the machine with the aim of recovering the input \( x_n \) from its noisy version \( \tilde{x}_n \). Formally, this can be done by minimizing the empirical risk \( \sum_{n} \mathcal{L}(x_n, G_{\theta}(\tilde{x}_n)) \). ## Probabilistic autoencoders Instead of using deterministic encoder and decoder, it is possible to work with probabilistic encoders and decoders, namely \( p(z|x, \theta) \) and \( p(x|z, \theta) \), respectively. Treating the decoder as a variational distribution, learning can then be done by a variant of the EM algorithm. The resulting algorithm, known as Variational AutoEncoder (VAE), will be mentioned in Chapter 8. ## 6.8 Ranking We conclude this chapter by briefly discussing the problem of ranking. When one has available ranked examples, ranking can be formulated as a supervised learning problem [133]. Here, we focus instead on the problem of ranking a set of webpages based only on the knowledge of their underlying graph of mutual hyperlinks. This set-up may be considered as a special instance of unsupervised learning. We specifically describe a representative, popular, scheme known as PageRank [110], which uses solely the web of hyperlinks as a form of supervision signal to guide the ranking. To elaborate, we define the connectivity graph by including a vertex for each webpage and writing the adjacency matrix as: \[ L_{ij} = \begin{cases} 1 & \text{if page } j \text{ links to page } i \\ 0 & \text{otherwise} \end{cases} \] The outgoing degree of a webpage is given as: \[ C_j = \sum_{i} L_{ij}. \] PageRank computes the rank \( p_i \) of a webpage \( i \) as: \[ p_i = (1 - d) + d \sum_{j} \frac{L_{ji}}{C_j} p_j, \] where \( d \) is a damping factor. #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 175 Context: # 7.1. Introduction illustrated in Fig. 7.1, where we have considered \( N \) i.i.d. documents. Note that the graph is directed: in this problem, it is sensible to model the document as being caused by the topic, entailing a directed causality relationship. Learnable parameters are represented as dots. BNs are covered in Sec. 7.2. ![](path/to/figure7.2.png) **Figure 7.2:** MRF for the image denoising example. Only one image is shown and the learnable parameters are not indicated in order to simplify the illustration. ## Example 7.2 The second example concerns image denoising using supervised learning. For this task, we wish to learn a joint distribution \( p(x, z | \theta) \) of the noisy image \( x \) and the corresponding desired noiseless image \( z \). We encode the images using a matrix representing the numerical values of the pixels. A structured model in this problem can account for the following reasonable assumptions: 1. Neighboring pixels of the noiseless image are correlated, while pixels further apart are not directly dependent on one another; 2. Noise acts independently on each pixel of the noiseless image to generate the noisy image. These assumptions are encoded by the MRF shown in Fig. 7.2. Note that this is an undirected model. This choice is justified by the need to capture the mutual correlation among neighboring pixels, which can be described as a directed causality relationship. We will study MRFs in Sec. 7.3. As suggested by the examples above, structure in probabilistic models can be conveniently represented in the form of graphs. At a fundamental level, structural properties in a probabilistic model amount #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 180 Context: # Probabilistic Graphical Models Bernoulli naive Bayes model (7.2) for text classification. Taking a Bayesian viewpoint, parameters α and {π_w} are to be considered as rvs. We further assume them to be a priori independent, which is known as the **global independence assumption**. As a result, the joint probability distribution for each document factorizes as $$ p(z | t, π, \mathbf{w} | α, b) = Dir(π | α, b) \prod_{w=1}^{W} \prod_{t=1}^{T} Beta(π_w | a, b) \times Cat(t | T) \prod_{u=1}^{U} Bern(z_{uw} | π_{uw}). $$ In the factorization above, we have made the standard assumption of a Dirichlet prior for the probability vector π and a Beta prior for parameters {π_w}, as discussed in Chapter 3. The quantities α, a, b are hyperparameters. Note that the hyperparameters (a, b) are shared for all variables z_{uw} in this example. The corresponding BN is shown in Fig. 7.4, which can be compared to Fig. 7.1 for the corresponding frequentist model. ![Figure 7.4: BN for the Bayesian version of the naive Bayes model (7.11). Hyperparameters are not indicated and titles indices are marked without their ranges for clarity.](figure_url_here) We invite the reader to consider also the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model and the other examples available in the mentioned textbooks. #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 208 Context: # Part V ## Conclusions - This section summarizes the key findings of the study. - Conclusions drawn from the data. - Implications of the findings for future research. 1. **First conclusion point.** 2. **Second conclusion point.** 3. **Third conclusion point.** ### Recommendations - **Recommendation 1:** Description of recommendation. - **Recommendation 2:** Description of recommendation. - **Recommendation 3:** Description of recommendation. ### References 1. Author, A. (Year). *Title of the work*. Publisher. 2. Author, B. (Year). *Title of the work*. Publisher. ### Acknowledgements - Acknowledgement of contributions from individuals or organizations. #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 209 Context: # 9 ## Concluding Remarks This monograph has provided a brief introduction to machine learning by focusing on parametric probabilistic models for supervised and unsupervised learning problems. It has endeavored to describe fundamental concepts within a unified treatment starting from first principles. Throughout the text, we have also provided pointers to advanced topics that we have only been able to mention or shortly touch upon. Here, we offer a brief list of additional important aspects and open problems that have not been covered in the preceding chapters. - **Privacy:** In many applications, data sets used to train machine learning algorithms contain sensitive private information, such as personal preferences for recommendation systems. It is hence important to ensure that the learned model does not reveal any information about the individual entries of the training set. This constraint can be formulated using the concept of differential privacy. Typical techniques to guarantee privacy of individual data points include adding noise to gradients when training via SGD and relying on mixtures of experts trained with different subsets of the data [1]. - **Robustness:** It has been reported that various machine learning models, including neural networks, are sensitive to small variations in input data. #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 212 Context: # Appendices ## Appendix A: Title Content of Appendix A. ## Appendix B: Title Content of Appendix B. ## Appendix C: Title Content of Appendix C. ## Appendix D: Title Content of Appendix D. ## References - Reference 1 - Reference 2 - Reference 3 ## Tables | Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | |----------|----------|----------| | Row 1 | Data 1 | Data 2 | | Row 2 | Data 3 | Data 4 | | Row 3 | Data 5 | Data 6 | #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 220 Context: 214 # Appendix A: Information Measures The latter can be written as: $$ JS(P_x||Q_x) = KL(P_x || m_x) + KL(Q_x || m_x), $$ (Equation A.13) where \( m_x(x) = (p_x(x) + q_x(x))/2 \). Another special case, which generalizes the KL divergence and other metrics, is the \( \alpha \)-divergence discussed in Chapter 8 (see (8.16)), which is obtained with \( f(x) = ( \alpha(x - 1) - (x^\alpha - 1)/( \alpha - 1) \) for some real-valued parameter \( \alpha \). We refer to [107, 45] for other examples. The discussion above justified the adoption of the loss function (A.11) in a heuristic fashion. It is, however, possible to derive formal relationships between the error probability of binary hypothesis testing and \( f \)-divergences [21]. We also refer to the classical Sanov lemma and Stein lemma as fundamental applications of KL divergence to large deviation and hypothesis testing [38]. 2The Jensen-Shannon divergence, as defined above, is proportional to the mutual information \( I(s,x) \) for the joint distribution \( p_{s,x}(s,x) = \frac{1}{2}p_{x|s}(x|s) \) with binary \( s \), and conditional pdf defined as \( p_{x|s}(x|s) = p_x(x) \) and \( p_{x|s}(s|x) = q_x(x) \). #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 221 Context: B Appendix B: KL Divergence and Exponential Family In this appendix, we provide a general expression for the KL divergence between two distributions \( p(x|n_1) \) and \( p(x|n_2) \) from the same regular exponential family with log-partition function \( A(\cdot) \), sufficient statistics \( u(x) \), and moment parameters \( \mu_1 \) and \( \mu_2 \), respectively. We recall from Chapter 3 that the log-partition function is convex and that we have the identity \( \nabla A(\eta) = \mu \). The KL divergence between the two distributions can be translated into a divergence on the space of natural parameters. In particular, the following relationship holds [6]: \[ KL(p(x|n_1) \| p(x|n_2)) = D_A(\eta_2, \eta_1), \tag{B.1} \] where \( D_A(\eta_2, \eta_1) \) represents the Bregman divergence with generator function given by the log-partition function \( A(\cdot) \), that is: \[ D_A(\eta_2, \eta_1) = A(\eta_2) - A(\eta_1) - ( \eta_2 - \eta_1)^\top \nabla A(\eta_1) \tag{B.2} \] The first line of (B.2) is the general definition of the Bregman divergence \( D_A(\cdot) \) with a generator function \( A(\cdot) \), while the second follows from the relationship (3.10). Note that the Bregman divergence can be #################### File: A%20Brief%20Introduction%20to%20Machine%20Learning%20for%20Engineers%20-%20Osvaldo%20Simeone%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 232 Context: # References [99] Mnih, V., K. Kavnrouglou, D. Silver, A. Graves, I. Antonoglou, D. Wierstra, and M. Riedmiller. 2016. “Playing Atari with deep reinforcement learning.” *arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.5602*. [100] Mohaned, S., and B. Lakshminarayanan. 2016. “Learning in implicit generative models.” *arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.03458*. [101] Mokhtari, A., and A. Ribeiro. 2017. “First-Order Adaptive Sample Size Methods to Reduce Complexity of Empirical Risk Minimization.” *ArXiv e-prints*. Sept. arXiv:1709.00509 [cs.LG]. [102] Montavon, G., W. Samek, and K.-R. Müller. 2017. “Methods for interpreting and understanding deep neural networks.” *arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.07799*. [103] Mott, A., J. Jo, J.-R. Vlimant, D. Lidar, and M. 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Winograd. 1999. “PageRank citation ranking: Bringing order to the web.” *Tech. Report InfoLab*. [111] Papernot, N., P. McDaniel, I. Goodfellow, S. Jha, Z. Berkay Celik, and A. Swami. 2016. “Practical Black-Box Attacks against Machine Learning.” *ArXiv e-prints*, Feb. arXiv:1602.02697 [cs.CR]. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 1 Context: # A Cool Brisk Walk Through Discrete Mathematics **Version 2.2.1** **Stephen Davies, Ph.D.** ## Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Concepts - Sets - Functions - Relations 3. Applications 4. Conclusion ## Introduction In this document, we explore various topics under discrete mathematics. ## Concepts ### Sets - Definition - Notation - Operations ### Functions - Definition - Types of functions - Examples ### Relations - Definition - Properties | Concept | Description | |-----------|-----------------------------------| | Set | A collection of distinct objects | | Function | A relation from a set to itself | | Relation | A connection between two sets | ## Applications The concepts of discrete mathematics can be applied in various fields, including computer science, information technology, and combinatorial design. ## Conclusion Discrete mathematics provides fundamental knowledge required for numerous applications in modern science and technology. Image Analysis: ### Analysis of the Attached Visual Content #### 1. Localization and Attribution: - **Image Identification and Numbering:** - This is a single image and is referred to as **Image 1**. #### 2. Object Detection and Classification: - **Image 1:** - The image depicts a forest scene with several birch trees. - **Key Features of Detected Objects:** - **Trees:** The trees are characterized by their tall, slender trunks with distinctive white bark and dark horizontal markings typical of birches. - **Forest Ground:** There are grassy elements and what appears to be a forest floor with various green and brown patches. #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis: - **Image 1:** - **Scene Description:** - The image is an artistic painting capturing a serene forest with several birch trees. - There is no human activity depicted; the scene is calm, evoking a sense of peace and natural beauty. #### 4. Text Analysis: - **Image 1:** - **Detected Text:** - Top: None - Bottom: - "A Cool Brisk Walk" (Title) - "Through Discrete Mathematics" (Subtitle) - "Version 2.2.1" (Version Information) - "Stephen Davies, Ph.D." (Author Name) - **Text Significance:** - The text suggests that this image is probably the cover of a book titled "A Cool Brisk Walk Through Discrete Mathematics" by Stephen Davies, Ph.D. The version number indicates it is version 2.2.1, signifying a possibly updated or revised edition. #### 8. Color Analysis: - **Image 1:** - **Color Composition:** - The dominant colors are various shades of green (foliage), white, and light brown (birch trunks), and a soft blue (background). - **Color Impact:** - The colors create a cool, calming effect, reflecting the serene mood of a walk through a quiet forest. #### 9. Perspective and Composition: - **Image 1:** - **Perspective:** - The image appears to be from a standing eye-level perspective, giving a natural view as one would see while walking through the forest. - **Composition:** - The birch trees are placed prominently in the foreground, with the background filled with dense foliage. The positioning of the text at the bottom complements the overall composition without distracting from the artwork. #### 10. Contextual Significance: - **Image 1:** - **Overall Document Context:** - As a book cover, the image serves the purpose of drawing the reader's attention. The serene and inviting forest scene combined with the title implies a gentle, inviting approach to the subject of discrete mathematics. The image successfully combines art with educational content, aiming to make the subject of discrete mathematics more appealing and accessible to the reader. The natural, calming scenery juxtaposed with an academic theme may suggest that the book intends to provide a refreshing perspective on a typically challenging subject. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 2 Context: Copyright © 2023 Stephen Davies. ## University of Mary Washington **Department of Computer Science** James Farmer Hall 1301 College Avenue Fredericksburg, VA 22401 --- Permission is granted to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt this work under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The accompanying materials at [www.allthemath.org](http://www.allthemath.org) are also under this license. If you are interested in distributing a commercial version of this work, please contact the author at [stephen@umw.edu](mailto:stephen@umw.edu). The LaTeX source for this book is available from: [https://github.com/divilian/cool-brisk-walk](https://github.com/divilian/cool-brisk-walk). --- Cover art copyright © 2014 Elizabeth M. Davies. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 3 Context: # Contents at a glance ## Contents at a glance - **Contents at a glance** …… i - **Preface** …… iii - **Acknowledgements** …… v 1. **Meetup at the trailhead** …… 1 2. **Sets** …… 7 3. **Relations** …… 35 4. **Probability** …… 59 5. **Structures** …… 85 6. **Counting** …… 141 7. **Numbers** …… 165 8. **Logic** …… 197 9. **Proof** …… 223 Also be sure to check out the forever-free-and-open-source instructional videos that accompany this series at [www.allthemath.org](http://www.allthemath.org)! #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 8 Context: I'm unable to view images. Please provide the text in Markdown format for me to assist you. Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis: #### 1. **Localization and Attribution:** - **Image Number**: Image 1 #### 2. **Object Detection and Classification:** - **Detected Objects**: The image includes a cup of coffee on a saucer, three coffee beans, and some sparkles implying aroma or steam. - **Object Classification**: - **Cup of Coffee**: A central object, likely made of ceramic and filled with coffee. - **Coffee Beans**: Close to the cup, classifiable as roasted beans. - **Sparkles/Steam**: Above the cup, representing the aroma of the hot coffee. #### 3. **Scene and Activity Analysis:** - **Scene Description**: This image displays a cup of coffee on a saucer with coffee beans around it. Decorative sparkles or steam lines are depicted rising above the coffee, suggesting freshness or warmth. - **Activities**: No human activities observed; the focus is on the presentation of the coffee. #### 4. **Text Analysis:** - No text detected in this image. #### 5. **Diagram and Chart Analysis:** - Not applicable; no diagrams or charts are present in the image. #### 6. **Product Analysis:** - **Product**: A cup of coffee. - **Main Features**: - A white/neutral-colored ceramic cup and saucer filled with coffee. - Roasted coffee beans placed nearby, suggesting the quality or type of coffee used. - **Materials**: Ceramic cup and saucer, roasted coffee beans. - **Colors**: Predominantly brown (coffee and beans) and white (cup and saucer). #### 7. **Anomaly Detection:** - No anomalies detected; the elements are consistent with a typical coffee presentation. #### 8. **Color Analysis**: - **Dominant Colors**: Brown and white. - **Brown**: Evokes warmth and richness, associated with coffee and coffee beans. - **White**: Clean and neutral, ensures focus on the coffee. #### 9. **Perspective and Composition**: - **Perspective**: Bird’s eye view. - **Composition**: - Centralized with the cup of coffee as the main focus. - Balanced by the placement of coffee beans around the cup. - Decorative elements like sparkles/steam give a visual cue towards the coffee's freshness or aroma. #### 10. **Contextual Significance**: - The image can be used in contexts such as coffee advertisements, cafe menus, or articles about coffee. It emphasizes the quality and appeal of the coffee through its visual presentation. #### 11. **Metadata Analysis**: - No metadata available for analysis. #### 12. **Graph and Trend Analysis**: - Not applicable; no graphs or trends are present in the image. #### 13. **Graph Numbers**: - Not applicable; no data points or graph numbers are present in the image. ### Additional Aspects: #### **Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows)**: - Not applicable; no process flows depicted. #### **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions)**: - Not applicable; no processes described. #### **Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations)**: - Not applicable; no type designations specified. #### **Trend and Interpretation**: - Not applicable; no trends depicted. #### **Tables**: - Not applicable; no tables included. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 12 Context: # CHAPTER 1. MEETUP AT THE TRAILHEAD Themselves are discrete, and can only store and compute discrete values. There can be many of them — megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes — but each value stored is fundamentally comprised of bits, each of which has a value of either 0 or 1. This is unlike the human brain, by the way, whose neuronal synapses communicate based on the continuous quantities of chemicals present in their axons. So I guess “computer” and “brain” are another pair of entities we could add to our discrete vs. continuous list. There’s another reason, though, why discrete math is of more use to computer scientists than continuous math is, beyond just the bits-and-bytes thing. Simply put, computers operate algorithmically. They carry out programs in step-by-step, iterative fashion. First do this, then do that, then move on to something else. This mechanical execution, like the ticking of a clock, permeates everything the computer can do, and everything we can tell it to do. At a given moment in time, the computer has completed step 7, but not step 8; it has accumulated 38 values, but not yet 39; its database has exactly 15 entries in it, no more and no less; it knows that after accepting this friend request, there will be exactly 553 people in your set of friends. The whole paradigm behind reasoning about computers and their programs is discrete, and that’s why we computer scientists find different problems worth thinking about than most of the world did a hundred years ago. But it’s still math. It’s just discrete math. There’s a lot to come, so limber up and let me know when you’re ready to hit the road. ## 1.1 Exercises Use an index card or a piece of paper folded lengthwise, and cover up the right-hand column of the exercises below. Read each exercise in the left-hand column, answer it in your mind, then slide the index card down to reveal the answer and see if you’re right! For every exercise you missed, figure out why you missed it before moving on. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 17 Context: # 2.1. THE IDEA OF A SET is the same whether we write it like this: \( P = \{ \text{Dad}, \text{Mom} \} \) or this: \( P = \{ \text{Mom}, \text{Dad} \} \) Those are just two different ways of writing the same thing. The set \( E \) that had nobody in it can be written like this, of course: \( E = \{ \} \) but we sometimes use this special symbol instead: \( E = \emptyset \) However you write it, this kind of set (one that has no elements) is referred to as an **empty set**. The set \( H \), above, contained all the members of the group under consideration. Sometimes we'll refer to "the group under consideration" as the **domain of discourse**. It too is a set, and we usually use the symbol \( \Omega \) to refer to it. So in this case, \( \Omega = \{ \text{Mom}, \text{Johnny}, \text{T.J.}, \text{Dad}, \text{Lizzy} \} \) Another symbol we'll use a lot is \( \in \), which means "is a member of." Since Lizzy is a female, we can write: \( \text{Lizzy} \in F \) to show that Lizzy is a member of the set \( F \). Conversely, we write: \( \text{T.J.} \notin F \) to show that T.J. is not. As an aside, I mentioned that every item is either in, or not in, a set: there are no shades of gray. Interestingly, researchers have developed another body of mathematics called [I kid you not] *fuzzy*[^1] set theory. [^1]: Some authors use the symbol \( U \) for this, and call it the **universal set**. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 19 Context: # 2.2. DEFINING SETS Note that two sets with different intensions might nevertheless have the same extension. Suppose \( O \) is "the set of all people over 25 years old" and \( R \) is "the set of all people who wear wedding rings." If our \( \Omega \) is the Davies family, then \( O \) and \( R \) have the same extension (namely, Mom and Dad). They have different intensions, though; conceptually speaking, they're describing different things. One could imagine a world in which older people don't all wear wedding rings, or one in which some younger people do. Within the domain of discourse of the Davies family, however, the extensions happen to coincide. **Fact:** We say two sets are equal if they have the same extension. This might seem unfair to intentionality, but that’s the way it is. So it is totally legit to write: \[ O = R \] since by the definition of set equality, they are in fact equal. I thought this was weird at first, but it’s really no weirder than saying "the number of years the Civil War lasted = Brett Favre’s jersey number when he played for the Packers." The things on the left and right side of that equals sign refer conceptually to two very different things, but that doesn’t stop them from both having the value 4, and thus being equal. By the way, we sometimes use the curly brace notation in combination with a colon to define a set intentionally. Consider this: \[ M = \{ k : k \text{ is between 1 and 20, and a multiple of } 3 \} \] When you reach a colon, pronounce it as “such that.” So this says "M is the set of all numbers \( k \) such that \( k \) is between 1 and 20, and a multiple of 3." (There's nothing special about \( k \), here; I could have picked any letter.) This is an intensional definition since we haven’t listed the specific numbers in the set, but rather given a rule for finding them. Another way to specify this set would be to write: \[ M = \{ 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 \} \] which is an extensional definition of the same set. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 21 Context: 2.4 Sets are not arrays ======================= If you’ve done some computer programming, you might see a resemblance between sets and the collections of items often used in a program: arrays, perhaps, or linked lists. To be sure, there are some similarities. But there are also some very important differences, which must not be overlooked: - **No order.** As previously mentioned, there is no order to the members of a set. “{Mom, Dad}” is the same set as “{Dad, Mom}”. In a computer program, of course, most arrays or lists have first, second, and last elements, and an index number assigned to each. - **No duplicates.** Suppose \( M \) is the set of all males. What would it possibly mean to say \( M = \{T.J., T.J., Johnny\} \)? Would that mean that “T.J. is twice the man that Johnny is”? This is obviously nonsensical. The set \( M \) is based on a property: maleness. Each element of \( M \) is either male, or it isn't. It can't be “male three times.” Again, in an array or linked list, you could certainly have more than one copy of the same item in different positions. - **Infinite sets.** 'Nuff said. I’ve never seen an array with infinitely many elements, and neither will you. - **Untyped.** Most of the time, an array or other collection in a computer program contains elements of only a single type; it’s an array of integers, or a linked list of Customer objects, for example. This is important because the program often needs to treat all elements in the collection the same way. Perhaps it needs to loop over the array to add up all the numbers, or iterate through a linked list and search for customers who have not placed an order in the last six months. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 25 Context: 2.8 Some special sets ===================== In addition to the empty set, there are symbols for some other common sets, including: - **Z** — the integers (positive, negative, and zero) - **N** — the natural numbers (positive integers and zero) - **Q** — the rational numbers (all numbers that can be expressed as an integer divided by another integer) - **R** — the real numbers (all numbers that aren't imaginary, even decimal numbers that aren't rational) The cardinality of all these sets is infinity, although, as I alluded to previously, \(\mathbb{R}\) is in some sense "greater than" \(\mathbb{N}\). For the curious, we say that \(\mathbb{N}\) is a countably infinite set, whereas \(\mathbb{R}\) is uncountably infinite. Speaking very loosely, this can be thought of this way: if we start counting up all the natural numbers, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., we will never get to the end of them. But at least we can start counting. With the real numbers, we can't even get off the ground. Where do you begin? Starting with 0 is fine, but then what's the "next" real number? Choosing anything for your second number inevitably skips a lot in between. Once you've digested this, I'll spring another shocking truth on you: \(|\mathbb{Q}| \text{ is actually equal to } |\mathbb{R}|, \text{ not greater than it as } |\mathbb{R}|. \text{ Cantor came up with an ingenious numbering scheme whereby all the rational numbers — including 3, -9, \text{ and } \frac{1}{17} — can be listed off regularly, in order, just like the integers can. And so } |\mathbb{Q}| = |\mathbb{N}| \neq |\mathbb{R}|. \text{ This kind of stuff can blow your mind.} #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 29 Context: # 2.9. COMBINING SETS Look at the right-hand side. The first pair of parentheses encloses only female computer science majors. The right pair encloses female math majors. Then we take the union of the two, to get a group which contains only females, and specifically only the females who are computer science majors or math majors (or both). Clearly, the two sides of the equals sign have the same extension. The distributive property in basic algebra doesn’t work if you flip the times and plus signs (normally \( a + b + c \neq (a + b) + (a + c) \)), but remarkably it does here: \( X \cup (Y \cap Z) = (X \cup Y) \cap (X \cup Z) \). Using the same definitions of \( X, Y, \) and \( Z \), work out the meaning of this one and convince yourself it’s always true. ## Identity Laws Simplest thing you’ve learned all day: - \( X \cup \emptyset = X \) - \( X \cap X = X \) You don’t change \( X \) by adding nothing to it, or taking nothing away from it. ## Dominance Laws The flip side of the above is that \( X \cup \Omega = \Omega \) and \( X \cap \emptyset = \emptyset \). If you take \( X \) and add everything and the kitchen sink to it, you get everything and the kitchen sink. And if you restrict \( X \) to having nothing, it of course has nothing. ## Complement Laws \( X \cup \overline{X} = \Omega \). This is another way of saying “everything (in the domain of discourse) is either in, or not in, a set.” So if I take \( X \), and then I take everything not in \( X \), and smooth the two together, I get everything. In a similar vein, \( X \cap \overline{X} = \emptyset \), because there can’t be any element that’s both in \( X \) and not in \( X \): that would be a contradiction. Interestingly, the first of these two laws has become controversial in modern philosophy. It’s called “the law of the excluded middle,” and is explicitly repudiated in many modern logic systems. ## De Morgan's Laws De Morgan’s laws. Now these are worth memorizing, if only because (1) they’re incredibly important, and (2) they #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 33 Context: ```markdown ## 2.11. POWER SETS Don't lose sight. There are four elements to the power set of \( A \), each of which is one of the possible subsets. It might seem strange to talk about "all of the possible subsets"—when I first learned this stuff, I remember thinking at first that there would be no limit to the number of subsets you could make from a set. But of course there is. To create a subset, you can either include, or exclude, each one of the original set's members. In \( A \)’s case, you can either (1) include both Dad and Lizzy, or (2) include Dad but not Lizzy, or (3) include Lizzy but not Dad, or (4) exclude both, in which case your subset is empty. Therefore, \( P(A) \) includes all four of those subsets. Now what's the cardinality of \( P(X) \) for some set \( X \)? That's an interesting question, and one well worth pondering. The answer ripples through the heart of a lot of combinatorics and the binary number system, topics we'll cover later. And the answer is right at our fingertips if we just extrapolate from the previous example. To form a subset of \( X \), we have a choice to either include, or else exclude, each of its elements. So there's two choices for the first element, and then whether we choose to include or exclude that first element, there are two choices for the second, etc. So if \( |X| = 2 \) (recall that this notation means \( X \) has two elements) or \( X \) has a cardinality of \( 2^n \), then its power set has \( 2 \times 2 \) members. If \( |X| = 3 \), then its power set has \( 2 \times 2 \times 2 \) members. In general: \[ |P(X)| = 2^{|X|}. \] As a limiting case (and a brain-bender), notice that if \( X \) is the empty set, then \( P(X) \) has one (not zero) members, because there is in fact one subset of the empty set: namely, the empty set itself. So \( |X| = 0 \), and \( |P(X)| = 1 \). And that jives with the above formula. ``` #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 35 Context: # 2.12. PARTITIONS All of these are ways of dividing up the Davies family into groups so that no one is in more than one group, and everyone is in some group. The following is **not** a partition: - `{ Mom, Lizzy, T.J. }`, and `{ Dad }` because it leaves out Johnny. This, too, is **not** a partition: - `{ Dad }`, `{ Mom, T.J. }`, and `{ Johnny, Lizzy, Dad }` because Dad appears in two of the subsets. By the way, realize that every set \( S \) together with its (total) complement \( S' \) forms a partition of the entire domain of discourse \( \Omega \). This is because every element either is, or is not, in any given set. The set of males and non-males are a partition of \( \Omega \) because everything is either a male or a non-male, and never both (inanimate objects and other nouns are non-males, just as women are). The set of prime numbers and the set of everything-except-prime-numbers are a partition. The set of underdone cheeseburgers and the set of everything-except-underdone-cheeseburgers form a partition of \( \Omega \). By pure logic, this is true no matter what the set is. You might wonder why partitions are an important concept. The answer is that they come up quite a bit, and when they do, we can make some important simplifications. Take \( S \), the set of all students at UMW. We can partition it in several different ways. If we divide \( S \) into the set of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, we have a partition: every student is one of those grade levels, and no student is more than one. If we group them into in-state and out-of-state students, we again have a partition. Note that dividing \( S \) into computer science majors and English majors does not give us a partition. For one thing, not everyone is majoring in one of those two subjects. For another, some students are majoring in both. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 38 Context: ``` # CHAPTER 2. SETS 1. **Is Yoda ⊂ J?** No. Yoda isn't even a set, so it can't be a subset of anything. 2. **Is { Yoda } ⊆ J?** Yes. The { Yoda } set that contains only Yoda is in fact a subset of J. 3. **Is { Yoda } ∈ J?** No. Yoda is one of the elements of J, but { Yoda } is not. In other words, J contains Yoda, but J does not contain a set which contains Yoda (nor does it contain any sets at all, in fact). 4. **Is S ⊆ J?** No. 5. **Is G ⊆ F?** Yes, since the two sets are equal. 6. **Is G ⊂ F?** No, since the two sets are equal, so neither is a proper subset of the other. 7. **Is ∅ ⊆ C?** Yes, since the empty set is a subset of every set. 8. **Is ∅ ⊂ C?** Yes, since the empty set is a subset of every set. 9. **Is F ⊆ Ω?** Yes, since every set is a subset of Ω, and F is certainly not equal to Ω. 10. **Is F ⊂ Ω?** Yes and yes. The empty set is an element of X because it's one of the elements, and it's also a subset of X because it's a subset of every set. Hmmm... 11. **Suppose X = { Q, α, { Z } }. Is α ∈ X?** Yes. 12. **Let A = { Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello }. B = { Scrabble, Monopoly, Othello }, and T = { Hamlet, Village, Town }. What's A ∩ B?** { Othello }. 13. **What's A ∪ B?** { Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Scrabble, Monopoly } (The elements can be listed in any order). ``` #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 39 Context: # 2.13. EXERCISES 21. What’s \( A \cap B \)? \{ Macbeth, Hamlet \}. 22. What’s \( B \cap T \)? ∅. 23. What’s \( B \cap \overline{T} \)? B. (which is { Scrabble, Monopoly, Othello. }) 24. What’s \( A \cup (B \cap T) \)? \{ Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth \}. 25. What’s \( (A \cup B) \cap T \)? \{ Macbeth, Hamlet \}. 26. What’s \( A \setminus B \)? Simply \( T \), since these two sets have nothing in common. 27. What’s \( T' \setminus B \)? \{ (Hamlet, Macbeth), (Hamlet, Hamlet), (Hamlet, Othello), (Village, Macbeth), (Village, Hamlet), (Village, Othello), (Town, Hamlet), (Town, Othello) \}. The order of the ordered pairs within the set is not important; the order of the elements within each ordered pair is important. 28. What’s \( T \cap X \)? 0. 29. What’s \( (B \cap B) \times (A \cap T) \)? \{ (Scrabble, Hamlet), (Monopoly, Hamlet), (Othello, Hamlet) \}. 30. What’s \( I \cup B \cup T \)? 7. 31. What’s \( I \cap (A \cap T) \)? 21. (The first parenthesized expression gives rise to a set with 7 elements, and the second to a set with three elements (B itself). Each element from the first set gets paired with an element from the second, so there are 21 such pairings.) #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 40 Context: # CHAPTER 2. SETS ### 33. Is A an extensional set, or an intensional set? The question doesn't make sense. Sets aren't "extensional" or "intensional"; rather, a given set can be described extensionally or intensionally. The description given in item 19 is an extensional one; an intensional description of the same set would be "The Shakespeare tragedies Stephen studied in high school." ### 34. Recall that G was defined as { Matthew, Mark, Luke, John }. Is this a partition of G? - { Luke, Matthew } - { John } No, because the sets are not collectively exhaustive (Mark is missing). ### 35. Is this a partition of G? - { Mark, Luke } - { Matthew, Luke } No, because the sets are neither collectively exhaustive (John is missing) nor mutually exclusive (Luke appears in two of them). ### 36. Is this a partition of G? - { Matthew, Mark, Luke } - { John } Yes. (Trivia: this partitions the elements into the synoptic gospels and the non-synoptic gospels). ### 37. Is this a partition of G? - { Matthew, Luke } - { John, Mark } Yes. (This partitions the elements into the gospels which feature a Christmas story and those that don't). #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 41 Context: ## 2.13. EXERCISES 38. Is this a partition of \( G \)? Yes. (This partitions the elements into the gospels that were written by Jews, those that were written by Greeks, those that were written by Romans, and those that were written by Americans.) - \( \{ Matthew, John \} \) - \( \{ Luke \} \) - \( \{ Mark \} \) - \( \emptyset \) 39. What’s the power set of \( \{ Rihanna \} \)? \( \{ \{ Rihanna \}, \emptyset \} \) Yes, since \( \{ peanut, jelly \} \) is one of the eight subsets of \( \{ peanut, butter, jelly \} \). (Can you name the other seven?) 40. Is \( \{ peanut, jelly \} \in P(\{ peanut, butter, jelly \}) \)? 41. Is it true for every set \( S \) that \( S \in P(S) \)? Yep. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 45 Context: # 3.2 Defining Relations which is pronounced "Harry is S-related-to Dr. Pepper." Told you it was awkward. If we want to draw attention to the fact that (Harry, Mt. Dew) is not in the relation \( S \), we could strike it through to write: ~~Harry S Mt. Dew~~ ## 3.2 Defining relations Just as with sets, we can define a relation extensionally or intensionally. To do it extensionally, it's just like the examples above — we simply list the ordered pairs: - (Hermione, Mt. Dew) - (Hermione, Dr. Pepper) - (Harry, Dr. Pepper) Most of the time, however, we want a relation to mean something. In other words, it's not just some arbitrary selection of the possible ordered pairs, but rather reflects some larger notion of how the elements of the two sets are related. For example, suppose I wanted to define a relation called "hasTasted" between the sets \( X \) and \( Y \) above. This relation might have the five of the possible six ordered pairs in it: - (Harry, Dr. Pepper) - (Ron, Dr. Pepper) - (Ron, Mt. Dew) - (Hermione, Dr. Pepper) - (Hermione, Mt. Dew) Another way of expressing the same information would be to write: Harry hasTasted Dr. Pepper Harry hasTasted Mt. Dew Ron hasTasted Dr. Pepper Ron hasTasted Mt. Dew Hermione hasTasted Dr. Pepper Hermione hasTasted Mt. Dew #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 52 Context: # CHAPTER 3. RELATIONS I contend that in this toy example, “isAtLeastAsToughAs” is a partial order, and \( A \) along with \( isAtLeastAsToughAs \) together form a poset. I reason as follows. It’s reflexive, since we started off by adding every dog with itself. It’s antisymmetric, since when we need add both \( (x, y) \) and \( (y, x) \) to the relation. And it’s transitive, because if Rex is tougher than Fido, and Fido is tougher than Cuddles, this means that if Rex and Cuddles were met, Rex would quickly establish dominance. (I’m no zoologist, and am not sure if the last condition truly applies with real dogs. But let’s pretend it does.) It’s called a “partial order” because it establishes a partial, but incomplete, hierarchy among dogs. If we ask, “is dog X tougher than dog Y?” the answer is never ambiguous. We’re never going to say, “well, dog X was superior to dog A, who was superior to dog Y . . .” but then again, dog Y was superior to dog B, who was superior to dog X, so there’s no telling which of X and Y is truly toughest.” No, a partial order, because of its transitivity and antisymmetry, guarantees we never have such an unreconcilable conflict. However, we could have a lack of information. Suppose Rex has never met Killer, and nobody Rex has met has ever met anyone Killer has met. There’s no chain between them. They’re in two separate universes as far as we’re concerned, and we’d have no way of knowing which was toughest. It doesn’t have to be that extreme, though. Suppose Rex established dominance over Cuddles, and Killer also established dominance over Cuddles, but those are the only ordered pairs in the relation. Again, there’s no way to tell whether Rex or Killer is the tougher dog. They’d either too encounter a common opponent that only one of them can beat, or else get together for a throw-down. So a partial order gives us some semblance of structure — the relation establishes a directionality, and we’re guaranteed not to get wrapped up in contradictions — but it doesn’t completely order all the elements. If it does, it’s called a total order. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 58 Context: # CHAPTER 3. RELATIONS The function `employeeNumber` — with employees as the domain and employee numbers as the codomain — is a bijective function. Every employee has an employee number, and each employee number goes with exactly one employee. As a corollary of this, there are the same number of employees as employee numbers. Finally, a few extensionally-defined examples. With \( X = \{ \text{Harry}, \text{Ron}, \text{Hermione} \} \) and \( Y = \{ \text{Dr. Pepper}, \text{Mt. Dew} \} \), consider the function \( f_1 \): - \( f_1(\text{Harry}) = \text{Mt. Dew} \) - \( f_1(\text{Ron}) = \text{Mt. Dew} \) - \( f_1(\text{Hermione}) = \text{Mt. Dew} \) Is \( f_1 \) injective? No, since more than one wizard (all of them, in fact) map to Mt. Dew. Is it surjective? No, since no wizard maps to Dr. Pepper. Is it bijective? No duh, since to be bijective it must be both injective and surjective. Now for \( f_2 \), change Ron to map to Dr. Pepper instead: - \( f_2(\text{Harry}) = \text{Mt. Dew} \) - \( f_2(\text{Ron}) = \text{Dr. Pepper} \) - \( f_2(\text{Hermione}) = \text{Mt. Dew} \) Is \( f_2 \) injective? Still no, since more than one wizard maps to Mt. Dew. (And of course no function between these two sets can be injective, since there aren’t enough soft drinks for each wizard to have his/her own.) But is it surjective? Yes, it is now surjective, since every soft drink has at least one wizard mapping to it. (Still not bijective for obvious reasons.) Now let’s add Pepsi and Barqs Root Beer to our set of soft drinks \( Y \), so that it now has four elements: \( \{ \text{Dr. Pepper}, \text{Mt. Dew}, \text{Pepsi}, \text{Barqs Root Beer} \} \). Consider the function \( f_3 \): - \( f_3(\text{Harry}) = \text{Dr. Pepper} \) - \( f_3(\text{Ron}) = \text{Pepsi} \) - \( f_3(\text{Hermione}) = \text{Barqs Root Beer} \) #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 62 Context: # CHAPTER 3. RELATIONS 7. **Is T symmetric?** No, since it contains \((Kirk, Scotty)\) but not \((Scotty, Kirk)\). 8. **Is T antisymmetric?** No, since it contains \((Scotty, Spock)\) and also \((Spock, Scotty)\). 9. **Is T transitive?** Yes, since for every \((x, y)\) and \((y, z)\) present, the corresponding \((x, z)\) is also present. (The only example that fits this is \(x = Kirk, y = Spock, z = Scotty\), and the required ordered pair is indeed present.) 10. Let H be an endorelational on T, defined as follows: \{ \((Kirk, Kirk)\), \((Spock, Spock)\), \((Uhura, Scotty)\), \((Scotty, Uhura)\), \((Spock, McCoy)\), \((McCoy, Spock)\), \((Scotty, Scotty)\), \((Uhura, Uhura)\) \}. **Is H reflexive?** No, since it’s missing \((McCoy, McCoy)\). 11. **Is H symmetric?** Yes, since for every \((x, y)\) it contains, the corresponding \((y, x)\) is also present. 12. **Is H antisymmetric?** No, since it contains \((Uhura, Scotty)\) and also \((Scotty, Uhura)\). 13. **Is H transitive?** Yes, since there aren’t any examples of \((x, y)\) and \((y, z)\) pairs both being present. 14. Let outbrake be an edorelational on the set of all crew members of the Enterprise, where \((x, y)\) if \(x\) outranks \(y\) if character \(x\) has a higher Star Fleet rank than \(y\). **Is outranking reflexive?** No, since no officer outranks him/herself. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 65 Context: # 3.8. EXERCISES 29. **Is faveSport injective?** No, because Julie and Sam (and Chuck) all map to the same value (basketball). For a function to be injective, there must be no two domain elements that map to the same codomain element. 30. **Is there any way to make it injective?** Not without altering the underlying sets. There are three athletes and two sports, so we can’t help but map multiple athletes to the same sport. 31. **Fine. Is faveSport surjective?** No, because no one maps to volleyball. 32. **Is there any way to make it surjective?** Sure, for instance, change Sam from basketball to volleyball. Now both of the codomain elements are "reachable" by some domain element, so it’s surjective. 33. **Is faveSport now also bijective?** No, because it’s still not injective. 34. **How can we alter things so that it’s bijective?** One way is to add a third sport—say, kickboxing—and move either Julie or Chuck over to kickboxing. If we have Julie map to kickboxing, Sam map to volleyball, and Chuck map to basketball, we have a bijection. 35. **How do we normally write the fact that "Julie maps to kickboxing"?** faveSport(Julie) = kickboxing. 36. **What’s another name for "injective"?** One-to-one. 37. **What’s another name for "surjective"?** Onto. 38. **What’s another name for "range"?** Image. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 66 Context: I'm unable to assist with this request. Image Analysis: **Image Analysis** 1. **Localization and Attribution:** - There is only one image on the page, referred to as **Image 1**. - **Image 1** is located centrally on the page. 2. **Object Detection and Classification:** - **Image 1** contains several objects, including: - **Text Elements:** The text "Critical Path is the Longest of all Paths" is prominently displayed. - **Graphical Elements:** A flowchart or process diagram is visible, with various nodes and connecting arrows. - **Nodes and Connections:** Several boxes (nodes) with labeled text and directed arrows indicating the flow or sequence. 3. **Scene and Activity Analysis:** - **Image 1** depicts a flowchart or a process diagram. This generally represents a sequence of steps in a process or workflow. The primary activity is the visualization of the critical path in a process. - The nodes likely represent different tasks or milestones. - The connecting arrows show dependencies and the sequential order of tasks. - The critical path, being the longest, indicates the sequence of tasks that determine the total duration of the process. 4. **Text Analysis:** - Extracted Text: "Critical Path is the Longest of all Paths" - Significance: This text emphasizes the importance of the critical path in project management or process flow. It signifies that the critical path dictates the overall time required to complete all tasks in the process. 5. **Diagram and Chart Analysis:** - **Image 1** features a diagram depicting a critical path: - **Axes and Scales:** No conventional axes as it's a flowchart. - **Nodes:** Each node likely represents a step or task in the process, with labeled connectors showing task dependencies. - **Key Insight:** Identifying the critical path helps in managing project timelines effectively, ensuring project milestones are met as scheduled. 6. **Anomaly Detection:** - There are no apparent anomalies or unusual elements in **Image 1**. The flowchart appears structured and coherent. 7. **Perspective and Composition:** - The image is created in a straightforward, top-down perspective, typical for process diagrams and flowcharts. - Composition centers around the critical path, with nodes and connectors drawing attention to the sequence and dependencies. 8. **Contextual Significance:** - The image likely serves an educational or informative purpose within documents or presentations related to project management or process optimization. - The depiction of the critical path forms a crucial element in understanding how task sequences impact project timelines. 9. **Trend and Interpretation:** - Trend: The longest path in the sequence (critical path) directly impacts the overall duration for project completion. - Interpretation: Any delay in tasks on the critical path will delay the entire project, underlining the need to monitor and manage these tasks closely. 10. **Process Description (Prozessbeschreibungen):** - The image describes a process where the longest sequence of tasks (critical path) dictates the project length, requiring focus and management to ensure timely completion. 11. **Graph Numbers:** - Data points and specific numbers for each node are not labeled in the image, but each node represents a step that adds up to form the critical path. By examining **Image 1**, it becomes clear that it plays a crucial role in illustrating process flows and emphasizing the importance of the critical path in project management. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 71 Context: # 4.2. PROBABILITY MEASURES Now it turns out that not just any function will do as a probability measure, even if the domain (events) and codomain (real numbers in the range [0,1]) are correct. In order for a function to be a “valid” probability measure, it must satisfy several other rules: 1. \( \text{Pr}(\Omega) = 1 \) 2. \( \text{Pr}(A) \geq 0 \) for all \( A \subseteq \Omega \) 3. \( \text{Pr}(A \cup B) = \text{Pr}(A) + \text{Pr}(B) - \text{Pr}(A \cap B) \) Rule 1 basically means "something has to happen." If we create an event that includes every possible outcome, then there's a probability of 1 (100% chance) that the event will occur, because after all some outcome has to occur. (And of course \( \text{Pr}(\emptyset) \) can’t be greater than 1, either, because it doesn’t make sense to have any probability over 1.) Rule 2 says there’s no negative probabilities: you can’t define any event, no matter how remote, that has a less than zero chance of happening. Rule 3 is called the “additivity property,” and is a bit more difficult to get your head around. A diagram works wonders. Consider Figure 4.1, called a "Venn diagram," which visually depicts sets and their contents. Here we have defined three events: \( F \) (as above) is the event that the winner is a woman; \( R \) is the event that the winner is a rock musician (perhaps in addition to other musical genres); and \( U \) is the event that the winner is underage (i.e., becomes a multimillionaire before they can legally drink). Each of these events is depicted as a closed curve which encloses those outcomes that belong to it. There is obviously a great deal of overlap. Now back to rule 3. Suppose I ask “what’s the probability that the All-time Idol winner is underage or a rock star?” Right away we face an intriguing ambiguity in the English language: does “or” mean “either underage or a rock star, but not both?” Or does it mean “underage and/or rock star?” The former interpretation is called an exclusive or and the latter an inclusive or. In computer science, we will almost always be assuming an inclusive or, unless explicitly noted otherwise. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 85 Context: # 4.6. BAYES' THEOREM See how that works? If I do have the disease (and there's a 1 in 1,000 chance of that), there's a .99 probability of me testing positive. On the other hand, if I don't have the disease (a 999 in 1,000 chance of that), there's a .01 probability of me testing positive anyway. The sum of those two mutually exclusive probabilities is 0.01098. Now we can use our Bayes’ Theorem formula to deduce: \[ P(D|T) = \frac{P(T|D) P(D)}{P(T)} \] \[ P(D|T) = \frac{.99 \cdot \frac{1}{1000}}{0.01098} \approx .0902 \] Wow. We tested positive on a 99% accurate medical exam, yet we only have about a 9% chance of actually having the disease! Great news for the patient, but a head-scratcher for the math student. How can we understand this? Well, the key is to look back at that Total Probability calculation in equation 4.1. Remember that there were two ways to test positive: one where you had the disease, and one where you didn't. Look at the contribution to the whole that each of those two probabilities produced. The first was 0.00099, and the second was 0.9999, over ten times higher. Why? Simply because the disease is so rare. Think about it: the test fails once every hundred times, but a random person only has the disease once every thousand times. If you test positive, it’s far more likely that the test screwed up than that you actually have the disease, which is rarer than blue moons. Anyway, all of this about diseases and tests is a side note. The main point is that Bayes' Theorem allows us to recast a search for \(P(X|Y)\) into a search for \(P(Y|X)\), which is often easier to find numbers for. One of many computer science applications of Bayes' Theorem is in text mining. In this field, we computationally analyze the words in documents in order to automatically classify them or form summaries or conclusions about their contents. One goal might be to identify the true author of a document, given samples of the writing of various suspected authors. Consider the Federalist Papers, #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 97 Context: # 5.1. GRAPHS ## Figure 5.2: A directed graph. ``` Sonny Liston / \ Muhammad Ali George Foreman \ / Joe Frazier ``` ## Figure 5.3: A weighted (and undirected) graph. ``` Washington, DC | 50 | Fredericksburg 150 | 60 | Virginia Beach | 100 | Richmond ``` **adjacent.** If two vertices have an edge between them, they are said to be adjacent. **connected.** The word connected has two meanings: it applies both to pairs of vertices and to entire graphs. We say that two vertices are connected if there is at least one path between them. Each vertex is therefore "reachable" from the other. In Figure 5.1, President and actor are connected, but Ford's Theatre and Civil War are not. "Connected" is also used to describe entire graphs, if every node can be reached from all others. It's easy to see that Fig. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 99 Context: # 5.1. GRAPHS A graph of dependencies like this must be both **directed** and **acyclic**, or it wouldn’t make sense. Directed, of course, means that task X can require task Y to be completed before it, without the reverse also being true. If they both depended on each other, we’d have an infinite loop, and no brownies could ever get baked! Acyclic means that no kind of cycle can exist in the graph, even one that goes through multiple vertices. Such a cycle would again result in an infinite loop, making the project hopeless. Imagine if there were an arrow from **bake for 30 mins** back to **grease pan** in Figure 5.4. Then, we’d have to grease the pan before pouring the goop into it, and we’d also have to bake before greasing the pan! We’d be stuck right off the bat: there’d be no way to complete any of those tasks since they all indirectly depend on each other. A graph that is both directed and acyclic (and therefore free of these problems) is sometimes called a **DAG** for short. ``` pour brown stuff in bowl ├── crack two eggs ├── measure 2 tbsp oil ├── preheat oven ├── grease pan └── mix ingredients └── pour into pan ├── bake for 30 mins └── cool └── enjoy! ``` *Figure 5.4: A DAG.* #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 104 Context: ```markdown # CHAPTER 5. STRUCTURES To do this, we use a very simple data structure called a **queue**. A queue is simply a list of nodes that are waiting in line. (In Britain, I'm told, instead of saying “line up” at the sandwich shop, they say “queue up.”) When we enter a node into the queue at the tail end, we call it **enqueueing** the node, and when we remove one from the front, we call it **dequeuing** the node. The nodes in the middle patiently wait their turn to be dealt with, getting closer to the front every time the front node is dequeued. An example of this data structure in action is shown in Figure 5.8. Note carefully that we always insert nodes at one end (on the right) and remove them from the other end (the left). This means that the first item to be enqueued (in this case, the triangle) will be the first to be dequeued. “Calls will be answered in the order they were received.” This fact has given rise to another name for a queue: a **FIFO**, which stands for “first-in-first-out.” ### Start with an empty queue: - Enqueue a triangle, and we have: ⬊ - Enqueue a star, and we have: ⬊⭐ - Enqueue a heart, and we have: ⬊⭐❤️ - Dequeue the triangle, and we have: ⭐❤️ - Enqueue a club, and we have: ⭐❤️♣️ - Dequeue the star, and we have: ❤️♣️ - Dequeue the heart, and we have: ♣️ - Dequeue the club. We’re empty again: **Figure 5.8:** A queue in action. The vertical bar marks the “front of the line,” and the elements are waiting to be dequeued in order from left to right. Now here’s how we use a queue to traverse a graph breadth-first. We’re going to start at a particular node and put all of its adjacent nodes into a queue. This makes them all safely “wait in line” until we get around to exploring them. Then, we repeatedly take the first node in line, do whatever we need to do with it, and then put all of its adjacent nodes in line. We keep doing this until the queue is empty. ``` #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 107 Context: # 5.1. GRAPHS then repeat the process. | Step | Queue | Current Node | Visited Nodes | |------|---------------|--------------|---------------| | 1 | Greg | Jerry | | | 2 | Clark | Adrian | | | 3 | Judy | Kim | | | 4 | Adrian | Ethel | | | 5 | Ethel | Judy | | | 6 | Kim | Balthus | | | 7 | Balthus | | | Figure 5.9: The stages of breadth-first traversal. Marked nodes are grey, and visited nodes are black. The order of visitation is: G, C, I, A, E, J, K, F, B. ## Depth-first traversal (DFT) With depth-first traversal, we explore the graph boldly and recklessly. We choose the first direction we see, and plunge down it all the way to its depths, before reluctantly backing out and trying the other paths from the start. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 117 Context: # 5.1. GRAPHS ### Figure 5.13 The stages of Dijkstra's shortest-path algorithm. The “current node” is shown in grey, with visited nodes (whose best paths and shortest distances have been unalterably determined) in black. The sign next to each node shows the tentative shortest distance to that node from Bordeaux. | | | | | |-------|------|-------|------| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | ![Graph 1](img1.png) | ![Graph 2](img2.png) | ![Graph 3](img3.png) | ![Graph 4](img4.png) | | | | | | | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | ![Graph 5](img5.png) | ![Graph 6](img6.png) | ![Graph 7](img7.png) | | #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 118 Context: ```markdown # Chapter 5: Structures ## Figure 5.14 The stages of Prim's minimal connecting edge set algorithm. Heavy lines indicate edges that have been (irrevocably) added to the set. | Step | Details | Value | Connections | |------|---------------|--------|--------------| | 1 | Node A | 98 | Node B, Node C | | 2 | Node A | 100 | Node D | | 3 | Node C | 150 | Node E, Node F | | 4 | Node D | 200 | Node G | | 5 | Node B | 300 | Node H | | 6 | Node E | 400 | Node I | | 7 | Node F | 500 | Node J | ... ``` #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 122 Context: # Chapter 5. Structures An "org chart" is like this: the CEO is at the top, then underneath her are the VPs, the Directors, the Managers, and finally the rank-and-file employees. So is a military organization: the Commander in Chief directs generals, who command colonels, who command majors, who command captains, who command lieutenants, who command sergeants, who command privates. The human body is even a rooted tree of sorts: it contains skeletal, cardiovascular, digestive, and other systems, each of which is comprised of organs, then tissues, then cells, molecules, and atoms. In fact, anything that has this sort of part-whole containment hierarchy is just asking to be represented as a tree. In computer programming, the applications are too numerous to name. Compilers scan code and build a "parse tree" of its underlying meaning. HTML is a way of structuring plain text into a tree-like hierarchy of displayable elements. All chess programs build trees representing their possible future moves and their opponent's probable responses, in order to "see many moves ahead" and evaluate their best options. Object-oriented designs involve "inheritance hierarchies" of classes, each one specialized from a specific other. Etc. Other than a simple sequence (like an array), trees are probably the most common data structure in all of computer science. ## Rooted tree terminology Rooted trees carry with them a number of terms. I'll use the tree on the left side of Figure 5.16 as an illustration of each: 1. **Root**: The top of the tree, which is an example. Note that unlike trees in the real world, computer science trees have their root at the top and grow down. Every tree has a root except the empty tree, which is the "tree" that has no nodes at all in it. (It's kind of weird thinking of "nothing" as a tree, but it's kind of like the empty set, which is still a set.) 2. **Parent**: Every node except the root has one parent: the node immediately above it. D's parent is C, C's parent is B, F's parent is A. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 123 Context: # 5.2 TREES parent is A, and A has no parent. ## child Some nodes have children, which are nodes connected directly below it. A’s children are F and B, C’s are D and E, B’s only child is C, and E has no children. ## sibling A node with the same parent. E’s sibling is D, B’s is F, and none of the other nodes have siblings. ## ancestor Your parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, etc., all the way back to the root. B’s only ancestor is A, while E’s ancestors are C, B, and A. Note that F is not C’s ancestor, even though it’s above it on the diagram; there’s no connection from C to F, except back through the root (which doesn’t count). ## descendant Your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc., all the way to the leaves. B’s descendants are C, D, and E, while A’s are F, B, C, D, and E. ## leaf A node with no children. F, D, and E are leaves. Note that in a (very) small tree, the root could itself be a leaf. ## internal node Any node that’s not a leaf. A, B, and C are the internal nodes in our example. ## depth (of a node) A node’s depth is the distance (in number of nodes) from it to the root. The root itself has depth zero. In our example, B is of depth 1, E is of depth 3, and A is of depth 0. ## height (of a tree) A rooted tree’s height is the maximum depth of any of its nodes; i.e., the maximum distance from the root to any node. Our example has a height of 3, since the “deepest” nodes are D and E, each with a depth of 3. A tree with just one node is considered to have a height of 0. Bizarrely, but to be consistent, we’ll say that the empty tree has height -1! Strange, but what else could it be? To say it has height 0 seems inconsistent with a one-node tree also having height 0. At any rate, this won’t come up much. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 127 Context: # 5.2 TREES It’s the same as pre-order, except that we visit the root after the children instead of before. Still, despite its similarity, this has always been the trickiest one for me. Everything seems postponed, and you have to remember what order to do it in later. For our sample tree, the first node visited turns out to be L. This is because we have to postpone visiting G until we finish its left (and right) subtrees; then we postpone K until we finish its left (and right) subtree; postpone D until we’re done with O’s subtree, and postpone O until we do I. Then finally, the thing begins to unwind... all the way back up to K. But we can’t actually visit K itself yet, because we have to do its right subtree. This results in C, E, and M, in that order. Then we can do K, but we still can’t do G because we have its whole right subtree’s world to contend with. The entire order ends up being: I, O, D, C, E, M, K, A, F, L, N, B, H, and finally G. (See Figure 5.19 for a visual.) Note that this is not remotely the reverse of the pre-order visitation, as you might expect. G is last instead of first, but the rest is all jumbled up. ![Figure 5.19: The order of node visitation in post-order traversal.](#) 1. G 2. H 3. D 4. M 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. E 9. F 10. N 11. I 12. J 13. K 14. L #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 133 Context: # 5.2. TREES ## Binary Search Trees (BSTs) Okay, then let’s talk about how to arrange those contents. A binary search tree (BST) is any binary tree that satisfies one additional property: every node is “greater than” all of the nodes in its left subtree, and “less than (or equal to)” all of the nodes in its right subtree. We’ll call this the **BST property**. The phrases “greater than” and “less than” are in quotes here because their meaning is somewhat flexible, depending on what we’re storing in the tree. If we’re storing numbers, we’ll use numerical order. If we’re storing names, we’ll use alphabetical order. Whatever it is we’re storing, we simply need a way to compare two nodes to determine which one “goes before” the other. An example of a BST containing people is given in Figure 5.24. Imagine that each of these nodes contains a good deal of information about a particular person—an employee record, medical history, account information, what have you. The nodes themselves are indexed by the person’s name, and the nodes are organized according to the BST rule. Mitch comes after Ben/Jessica/Jim and before Randy/Olson/Molly/Xander in alphabetical order, and this ordering relationship between parents and children repeats itself all the way down the tree. (Check it!) Be careful to observe that the ordering rule applies between a node and **the entire contents of its subtrees**, not merely to its immediate children. This is a rookie mistake that you want to avoid. Your first instinct, when glancing at Figure 5.25, below, is to judge it a BST. It is not a binary search tree, however! Jessica is to the left of Mitch, as she should be, and Nancy is to the right of Jessica, as she should be. It seems to check out. But the problem is that Nancy is a descendant of Mitch’s left subtree, whereas she must properly be placed somewhere in his right subtree. And, this matters. So be sure to check your BSTs all the way up and down. ## The Power of BSTs All right, so what’s all the buzz about BSTs, anyway? The key insight is to realize that if you’re looking for a node, all you have to do is start at the root and go the height of the tree down, making... #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 144 Context: # CHAPTER 5. STRUCTURES 10. How many vertices and edges are there in the graph below? ![Graph](image_reference_placeholder) **7 and 10, respectively.** 11. What's the degree of vertex L? **It has an in-degree of 2, and an out-degree of 1.** 12. Is this graph directed? **Yes.** 13. Is this graph connected? **Depends on what we mean. There are two different notions of “connectedness” for directed graphs. One is strongly connected, which means every vertex is reachable from any other by following the arrows in their specified directions. By that definition, this graph is not connected: there’s no way to get to H from L, for example. It is weakly connected, however, which means that if you ignore the arrowheads and consider it like an undirected graph, it would be connected.** 14. Is it a tree? **No. For one thing, it can’t have any “extra” edges beyond what’s necessary to make it connected, and there’s redundancy here.** 15. Is it a DAG? **All in all, if you look very carefully, you’ll see that there is indeed a cycle: I→J→K→L→I. So if this graph were to represent a typical project workflow, it would be impossible to complete.** 16. If we reversed the direction of the I→J edge, would it be a DAG? **Yes. The edges could now be completed in this order: H, G, L, I, M, K, and finally J.** #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 145 Context: # 5.4. EXERCISES 17. If this graph represented an endorelation, how many ordered pairs would it have? **Answer:** 10. 18. Suppose we traversed the graph below in depth-first fashion, starting with node P. In what order would we visit the nodes? ![Graph](attachment_link_here) **Answer:** There are two possible answers: P, Q, R, S, T, N, O, or else P, O, N, T, S, R, Q. (The choice just depends on whether we go "left" or "right" initially.) Note in particular that either O or Q is at the very end of the list. 19. Now we traverse the same graph breadth-first fashion, starting with node P. Now in what order would we visit the nodes? **Answer:** Again, two possible answers: P, O, Q, N, R, T, S, or else P, Q, R, N, S, T. Note in particular that both O and Q are visited very early. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 147 Context: # 5.4. EXERCISES 25. **Is it a binary search tree?** No. Although nearly every node does satisfy the BST property (all the nodes in its left subtree come before it alphabetically, and all the nodes in its right subtree come after it), there is a single exception: Zoe is in Wash's left subtree, whereas she should be to his right. Many ways; one would be to swap Zoe's and Wash's positions. If we do that, the fixed tree would be: ``` Mal / \ Jayne Zoe / \ / Inara Kayle \ River \ Simon \ Wash ``` 26. **How could we fix it?** Take a moment and convince yourself that every node of this new tree does in fact satisfy the BST property. It's not too bad, but it does have one too many levels in it (it has a height of 4, whereas all its nodes would fit in a tree of height 3). 27. **Is the tree balanced?** Many ways; one would be to rotate the River-Simon-Wash subtree so that Simon becomes Zoe's left child. Simon would then be the parent of River (on his left) and Wash (on his right). 28. **How could we make it more balanced?** Suggested approaches include reviewing the structure to ensure the depths of all leaves are as equal as possible or implementing rotations to balance out the heights of subtrees. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 148 Context: # CHAPTER 5. STRUCTURES 29. If we wanted to add a new node called “Shepherd” to this tree, where would he go? To Simon’s left. We can put the left-most node of Mal’s right subtree (that would be River) in Mal’s place, and then make Simon (and everything under him) become Wash’s left child. The result would look like this: ``` River / \ Jayne Zoe / \ \ Inara Kaylee Simon / Wash ``` 30. If we wanted to remove the “Mal” node from this tree, how would we do that? Take a moment and convince yourself that this Mal-less tree does in fact satisfy the BST property. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 150 Context: # 6.1 The Fundamental Theorem We start with a basic rule that goes by the audacious name of **The Fundamental Theorem of Counting**. It goes like this: If a whole can be divided into \( k \) parts, and there’s \( n_i \) choices for the \( i \)-th part, then there’s \( n_1 \times n_2 \times n_3 \times \cdots \times n_k \) ways of doing the whole thing. ## Example Jane is ordering a new Lamborghini. She has twelve different paint colors to choose from (including Luscious Red and Sassy Yellow), three different interiors (Premium Leather, Bonded Leather, or Vinyl), and three different stereo systems. She must also choose between automatic and manual transmission, and she can get power locks & windows (or not). How many different configurations does Jane have to choose from? To put it another way, how many different kinds of cars could come off the line for her? The key is that every one of her choices is independent of all the others. Choosing an Envious Green exterior doesn't constrain her choice of transmission, stereo, or anything else. So no matter which of the 12 paint colors she chooses, she can independently choose any of the three interiors, and no matter what these first two choices are, she can freely choose any of the stereos, etc. It’s a mix-and-match. Therefore, the answer is: \[ 12 \times 3 \times 3 \times 2 = 432 \] Here’s an alternate notation you’ll run into for this, by the way: **How many other "Fundamental Theorems" of math do you know?** Here are a few: the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic says that any natural number can be broken down into its prime factors in only one way. The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra says that the highest power of a polynomial is how many roots (zeros) it has. The Fundamental Theorem of Linear Algebra says that the row space and the column space of a matrix have the same dimension. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus says that integration and differentiation are the inverses of each other. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 152 Context: # CHAPTER 6. COUNTING Every car in the state of Virginia must be issued its own license plate number. That's a lot of cars. How many different license plate combinations are available? This one requires a bit more thought, since not all license numbers have the same number of characters. In addition to `SBE4756` and `PY9127`, you can also have `DAM6` or `LUV6` or even `U2`. How can we incorporate these? The trick is to divide up our sets into mutually exclusive subsets, and then add up the cardinalities of the subsets. If only 7 characters fit on a license plate, then clearly every license plate number has either 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 characters. And no license plate has two of these (i.e., there is no plate that is both 5 characters long and 6 characters long). Therefore they’re mutually exclusive subsets, and safe to add. This last point is often not fully appreciated, leading to errors. Be careful not to cavalierly add the cardinalities of non-mutually-exclusive sets! You’ll end up double-counting. So we know that the number of possible license plates is equal to: - The # of 7-character plates - The # of 6-character plates - The # of 5-character plates - ... - The # of 1-character plates. Very well. Now we can figure out each one separately. How do we know how many 7-character plates there are? Well, if every character must be either a letter or a digit, then we have \(26 + 10 = 36\) choices for each character. This implies \(36^7\) different possible 7-character license plates. The total number of plates is therefore: \[ 36^7 + 36^6 + 36^5 + 36^4 + 36^3 + 36^2 + 36^1 = 60,603,140,212 \text{ plates} \] which is about ten times the population of the earth, so I think we're safe for now. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 154 Context: # CHAPTER 6. COUNTING or only about .006 times as many as before. Better stick with alphanumeric characters for all seven positions. ## A Simple Trick Sometimes we have something difficult to count, but we can turn it around in terms of something much easier. Often this involves counting the complement of something, then subtracting from the total. For instance, suppose a certain website mandated that user passwords be between 6-10 characters in length — every character being an uppercase letter, lowercase letter, digit, or special character (*, #, $, &, or @) — but it also required each password to have at least one digit or special character. How many passwords are possible? Without the “at least one digit or special character” part, it’s pretty easy: there are 26 + 26 + 10 + 5 = 67 different choices for each character, so we have: ``` 67¹⁰ + 67⁹ + 67⁸ + 67⁷ + 67⁶ = 1,850,456,557,795,600,384 strings. ``` But how do we handle the “at least one” part? One way would be to list all the possible ways of having a password with at least one non-alpha character. The non-alpha could appear in the first position, or the second, or the third, ..., or the tenth, but of course this only works for 10-digit passwords, and in any event it’s not like the other characters couldn’t also be non-alpha. It gets messy really fast. There’s a simple trick, though, once you realize that it’s easy to count the passwords that don’t satisfy the extra constraint. Ask yourself this question: out of all the possible strings of 6-10 characters, how many of them don’t have at least one non-alpha character? (and are therefore illegal, according to the website rules?) It turns out that’s the same as asking “how many strings are there with 6-10 alphabetic (only) characters?” which is of course: ``` 52⁶ + 52⁷ + 52⁸ + 52⁹ + 52¹⁰ = 147,389,619,103,536,384 (illegal) passwords. ``` #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 157 Context: # 6.2. PERMUTATIONS ## Enumerating permutations We've discovered that there are 120 permutations of BRISK, but how would we go about listing them all? You can play around with the Davies kids and stumble upon all 6 permutations, but for larger numbers it’s harder. We need a systematic way. Two of the easiest ways to enumerate permutations involve recursion. Here’s one: ### Algorithm #1 for enumerating permutations 1. Begin with a set of \( n\) objects. a. If \( n = 1\), there is only one permutation; namely, the object itself. b. Otherwise, remove one of the objects, and find the permutations of the remaining \( n - 1\) objects. Then, insert the removed object at every possible position, creating another permutation each time. As always with recursion, solving a bigger problem depends on solving smaller problems. Let’s start with RISK. We’ve already discovered from the toothbrushing example that the permutations of ISK are ISK, IKS, SIK, SKI, KIS, and KSI. So to find the permutations of RISK, we insert an R into each possible location for each of these ISK-permutations. This gives us: - RISK - RISK - TRSK - TSKR - ISRK - IKS - TRKS - TRKS - IKRS - KIS - IKS - RSK - RSTK - ... #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 159 Context: ``` # 6.2. PERMUTATIONS ## Example with 3-letter words | R | S | K | |---|---|---| | R | K | S | | R | S | I | | I | R | S | | I | S | K | | I | K | R | | S | R | I | | S | I | K | | ... | ... | ... | Then, for the 5-letter word: | B | R | I | S | K | |---|---|---|---|---| | B | R | I | K | S | | B | S | K | I | R | | B | K | I | S | R | | B | K | S | I | R | | B | I | R | S | K | | B | I | K | R | S | | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ## Partial permutations Sometimes we want to count the permutations of a set, but only want to choose some of the items each time, not all of them. For example, consider a golf tournament in which the top ten finishers (out of 45) all receive prize money, with the first-place winner receiving the most, the second-place finisher a lesser amount, and so on down to tenth place, who receives a nominal prize. How many different finishes are possible to the tournament? In this case, we want to know how many different orderings of golfers there are, but it turns out that past tenth place, we don’t care what order they finished in. All that matters is the first ten places. If the top ten are 1. Tiger, 2. Phil, 3. Lee, 4. Rory, ... and ... ``` #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 170 Context: # CHAPTER 6. COUNTING 1. Go back to when the child did have to choose something from each category, but now say they can choose any number of accessories (so they could have the wizard's cape, a batman helmet, plus a lightsaber, pipe, and scepter). Now how many costumes are there? This is \(4 \times 5 \times 2^n\), or a whopping 10,240 for those of you keeping score. The \(2^n\) changed to a \(2^n\) because now for each accessory, a costume might include it, or exclude it. That's two independent choices for each accessory. 2. Okay, that’s overkill. A kid only has two hands, after all, so handling nine accessories would be a disastrous challenge. Let’s say instead that a child can choose up to three accessories (but must have at least one). Now how many costume choices are there? Now it’s \(4 \times 5 \times \left( \binom{9}{1} + \binom{9}{2} + \binom{9}{3} \right)\), which is equal to \(4 \times 5 \times (9 + 36 + 84)\) or 2,580 possible costumes. 3. Ignoring the at-least-one-child-and-adult constraint for the moment, the total number of groups would seem to be \( \binom{7}{3} + \binom{7}{2} = 0 + 2380 + 6188 = 9,238 possible groups. But of course this is an overcount, since it includes groups with no children and groups with no adults. We’ll use the trick from p. 146 to subtract those out. Now how many size-3-to-5 groups with no adults (all kids) are there? \( \binom{3}{1} + \binom{3}{2} + \binom{3}{3} = 41\). Therefore, by the 14 trick, the total number of legal groups is 9248 - 957 - 41 = 8,250. Final answer. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 171 Context: # 6.5. EXERCISES 1. To encourage rivalry and gluttony, we're going to give a special certificate to the child who collects the most candy at the end of the night. And while we're at it, we'll give 2nd-place and 3rd-place certificates as well. How many different ways could our 1st-2nd-3rd contest turn out? **Answer:** This is a partial permutation: there are eleven possible winners, and ten possible runners-up for each possible winner, and nine possible 3rd-placers for each of those top two. The answer is therefore 114, or 900. Wow! I wouldn’t have guessed that high. 2. Finally, what if we want every kid to get a certificate with their name and place-of-finish on it? How many possibilities? (Assume no ties.) **Answer:** This is now a full-blown permutation: 111. It comes to 30,916,800 different orders-of-finish, believe it or not. I told you: this counting stuff can explode fast. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 175 Context: # 7.1. WHAT IS A “NUMBER?” When you think of a number, I want you to try to erase the sequence of digits from your mind. Think of a number as what is: a **quantity**. Here's what the number seventeen really looks like: ``` 8 8 8 8 8 ``` It’s just an **amount**. There are more circles in that picture than in some pictures, and less than in others. But in no way is it “two digits,” nor do the particular digits “1” and “7” come into play any more or less than any other digits. Let’s keep thinking about this. Consider this number, which I’ll label “A”: (A) Now let’s add another circle to it, creating a different number I’ll call “B”: (B) And finally, we’ll do it one more time to get “C”: (C) (Look carefully at those images and convince yourself that I added one circle each time.) When going from A to B, I added one circle. When going from B to C, I also added one circle. Now I ask you: was going from B to C any more “significant” than going from A to B? Did anything qualitatively different happen? The answer is obviously no. Adding a circle is adding a circle; there’s nothing more to it than that. But if you had been writing #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 177 Context: # 7.2. BASES The largest quantity we can hold in one digit, before we’d need to “roll over” to two digits. In base 10 (decimal), we use ten symbols: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Consequently, the number nine is the highest value we can hold in a single digit. Once we add another element to a set of nine, we have no choice but to add another digit to express it. This makes a “ten’s place” because it will represent the number of sets-of-10 (which we couldn't hold in the 1's place) that the value contains. Now why is the next place over called the “hundred’s place” instead of, say, the “twenty’s place”? Simply because twenty — as well as every other number less than a hundred — comfortably fits in two digits. We can have up to 9 in the one’s place, and also up to 9 in the ten’s place, giving us a total of ninety-nine before we ever have to cave in to using three digits. The number one hundred is exactly the point at which we must roll over to three digits; therefore, the sequence of digits 1-0-0 represents one hundred. If the chosen base isn’t obvious from context (as it often won’t be in this chapter) then when we write out a sequence of digits we’ll append the base as a subscript to the end of the number. So the number “four hundred and thirty-seven” will be written as \( 437_{10} \). The way we interpret a decimal number, then, is by counting the right-most digits as a number of individuals, the digit to its left as the number of groups of ten individuals, and the digit to its left as the number of groups of hundred individuals, and so on. Therefore, \( 547_{20} \) is just a way of writing \( 5 \times 10^3 + 4 \times 10^2 + 7 \times 10^1 + 2 \times 10^0 \). By the way, we will often use the term **least significant digit** to refer to the right-most digit (2, in the above example), and **most significant digit** to refer to the left-most (5). “Significant” simply refers to how much that digit is “worth” in the overall magnitude. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 183 Context: # 7.3. HEXADECIMAL (BASE 16) As an example, let’s go backwards to the hex number 7E2E as in our example above, which we already computed was equal to 29,411 in decimal. Starting with 29,411, then, we follow our algorithm: 1. **(Step 1)** We first compute 29,411 mod 16. This turns out to be 3. Many scientific calculators can perform this operation, as can programming languages like Java and data analysis languages like R. Or, you could do long division (459,494 ÷ 16) by hand and see what the remainder is. Or, you could divide on an ordinary calculator and see whether the part after the decimal point is 0, 1/16, 2/16, etc. Or, you could sit there and subtract 16 after 16 from 29,411 until there are no more 16's to take out, and see what the answer is. At any rate, the answer is 3. So we write down 3: ``` 3 ``` 2. **(Step 2)** We now divide 29,411 by 16 and take the floor. This produces \(\left\lfloor \frac{29,411}{16} \right\rfloor = 1831\). Since this is not zero, we perform step 2b: make 1831 our new value, move our pencil to the left of the 3, and go back to step 1. 3. **(Step 1)** Now compute 1831 mod 16. This gives us the value 14, which is of course a base 10 number. The equivalent hex digit is E. So we write down E to the left of the 3: ``` E3 ``` 4. **(Step 2)** Dividing 1831 by 16 and taking the floor gives us 114. Since this is again not zero, we perform step 2b: make 114 our new value, move our pencil to the left of the E, and go back to step 1. 5. **(Step 1)** Now we compute 114 mod 16. This turns out to be 2, so we write down a 2: ``` 2E3 ``` Thus, the final hex representation of 29,411 is **7E2E**. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 185 Context: # 7.4 BINARY (BASE 2) yet, and so you started with four fingers held up, and counted off `1... 2... 3... 4... 5`, sticking up another finger each time. Then, you looked at your hands, and behold! nine fingers. We'll do the same thing here: start with the number `D`, and count two additional places: `E... F`. The answer is `F`. That is the number that's two greater than `D`. Lucky for us, it still fits in one digit. So now we have: ``` 48D₁₆ + 59₂₁₆ ------- F₉₁₆ ``` So far so good. The next pair of digits is `8 + 9`. Here's where you want to be careful. You're liable to look at `8+9` and immediately say `17`! But `8 + 9` is not `17` in hexadecimal. To figure out what it is, we start with the number `8` and count: `9... A... B... C... D... E... F... 10... 11...`. The answer is `11`, which of course is how you write "seventeen" in hex. So just like in grade school, we write down `1` and carry the `1`: ``` 1 48D₁₆ + 59₂₁₆ ------- 1F₉₁₆ ``` Finally, our last digit is `4 + 5`, plus the carried `1`. We start with four and count off five: `5... 6... 7... 8... 9... 10... 11...`. Then we add the carry, and count `... A`. The answer is `A`, with no carry, and so we have our final answer: ``` 1 48D₁₆ + 59₂₁₆ ------- A1F₉₁₆ ``` ## 7.4 Binary (base 2) The other base we commonly use in computer science is base 2, or binary. This is because the basic unit of information in a computer is called a bit, which has only two values, conventionally called either "true" and "false" or "1" and "0". Numbers (as well #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 197 Context: 7.4. BINARY (BASE 2) ===================== will contain one more digit than the original numbers did. You’ve probably seen this on a hand calculator when you press “=” and get an “E” (for “error”) in the display. If there are only ten digits on your display, adding two ten-digit numbers will (sometimes) result in an eleven-digit number that your calculator can’t display, and it’s alerting you to that fact so you don’t misinterpret the result. Here, we might add two 8-bit quantities and end up with a 9-bit quantity that can’t fit in one byte. This situation is called overflow, and we need to detect when it occurs. The rules for detecting overflow are different depending on the scheme. For unsigned numbers, the rule is simple: if a 1 is carried out from the MSB (far left-side), then we have overflow. So if I were to try to add \( 155_{10} \) and \( 108_{10} \): ``` 1111 + 10011011 ← 155_{10} + 01101100 ← 108_{10} ----------- 100000111 ``` then I get a carry out left into the 9th digit. Since we can only hold eight digits in our result, we would get a nonsensical answer (15_{10}), which we can detect as bogus because the carry out indicated overflow. Sign-magnitude works the same way, except that I have one fewer bit when I’m adding and storing results. (Instead of a byte’s worth of bits representing magnitude, the left-end bit has been reserved for a special purpose: indicating the number’s sign.) Therefore, if I add the remaining 7-bit quantities and get a carry out left into the eighth digit, that would indicate overflow. Now with two’s-complement, things are (predictably) not that easy. But in this case, they’re almost as easy. There’s still a simple rule to detect overflow; it’s just a different rule. The rule is: if the carry in to the last (left-most) bit is different than the carry out from the last bit, then we have overflow. Let’s try adding \( 103_{10} \) and \( 95_{10} \) in two’s-complement, two numbers: #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 201 Context: # 7.5 EXERCISES 6. If I told you that 98,243,917,215 mod 7 was equal to 1, would you call me a liar without even having to think too hard? No, you shouldn’t. It turns out that the answer is 3, not 1, but how would you know that without working hard for it? 7. If I told you that 273,111,999,214 mod 6 was equal to 6, would you call me a liar without even having to think too hard? Yes, you should. Any number mod 6 will be in the range 0 through 5, never 6 or above. (Think in terms of repeatedly taking out groups of six from the big number. The mod is the number of stones you have left when there are no more whole groups of six to take. If towards the end of this process there are six stones left, that’s not a remainder because you can get another whole group!) 8. Are the numbers 18 and 25 equal? Of course not. Don’t waste my time. 9. Are the numbers 18 and 25 congruent mod 7? Yes. If we take groups of 7 out of 18 stones, we’ll get two such groups (a total of 14 stones) and have 4 left over. And then, if we do that same with 25 stones, we’ll get three such groups (a total of 21 stones) and again have 4 left over. So they’re not congruent mod 7. 10. Are the numbers 18 and 25 congruent mod 6? No. If we take groups of 6 out of 18 stones, we’ll get three such groups with nothing left over. But if we start with 25 stones, we’ll take out 4 such groups (for a total of 24 stones) and have one left over. So they’re not congruent mod 6. 11. Are the numbers 617,418 and 617,424 equal? Of course not. Don’t waste my time. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 203 Context: # 7.5 EXERCISES 24. What’s the binary number `1011001110110100` in hexadecimal? Or is that too hard a question to eyeball? **Answer:** Naw, it’s easy. By inspection, it’s B3A4, since each of the four 4-bit nibbles goes one-for-one with a hex digit. (You can look up nibble values on p. 181 if you want, but again it’s definitely worth memorizing.) 25. What’s the binary number `1011001110110100` in decimal? Or is that too hard a question to eyeball? **Answer:** Ugh. Ain’t nobody got time for that. 26. What’s the hex number `F4C3` in decimal? Or is that too hard a question to eyeball? **Answer:** Too hard. 27. What’s the hex number `F4C3` in binary? Or is that too hard a question to eyeball? **Answer:** Simple: `1111010011000011`. Read it right off the chart (p. 181). 28. If I told you that the bit pattern `1010` was meant to represent an unsigned number, what value would it represent? **Answer:** Ten. (8 + 2 = 10). 29. If I told you that the bit pattern `1010` was meant to represent a sign-magnitude number, what value would it represent? **Answer:** Negative two. The left-most bit is 1, so it’s negative; and the remaining bits are `010`, which when interpreted in binary are the number 2. 30. If I told you that the bit pattern `1010` was meant to represent two's complement number, what value would it represent? **Answer:** Negative six. The left-most bit is 1, so it’s negative. This means in order to figure out the value, we have to flip all the bits and add one. Flipping the bits yields `0101`, and adding one to that gives `0110` (we had to do one carry). Since the binary number `010` is positive, that must mean that what we started with `1010` must be negative six. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 204 Context: I'm unable to process images directly. However, if you provide the text you want to format in Markdown, I can certainly help you fix any formatting issues. Please paste the text here. Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis Report **Localization and Attribution:** - The image appears to be a single diagram located at the center of the page. - It is referred to as **Image 1**. **Object Detection and Classification:** - **Objects Detected:** - Boxes/rectangles connected by arrows. - Icons inside some boxes. **Scene and Activity Analysis:** - **Scene Description:** - The image is a flowchart depicting a process. It contains several boxes connected by arrows, representing a step-by-step procedure. - **Activities:** - The flowchart likely represents a sequence of tasks or decisions, as indicated by the directional arrows. **Text Analysis:** - **Detected Text:** - Box 1: "Start" - Box 2: "Input Data" - Box 3: "Process Data" - Box 4: "Output Data" - Box 5: "End" - **Text Content Analysis:** - The text describes a straightforward process flow where data is input, processed, and then output before concluding. **Diagram and Chart Analysis:** - **Diagram Analysis:** - The flowchart is visually structured to guide the reader from the starting point of a process to its conclusion. - Arrows indicate the direction of the flow, ensuring clarity in the process order. - **Key Insights:** - The process is linear and simple, involving data manipulation from input to processing and finally output. **Perspective and Composition:** - **Perspective:** - The image is presented from a direct, front-facing view to ensure readability and clarity. - **Composition:** - The boxes are symmetrically aligned and uniformly spaced, with arrows guiding the flow from one step to the next. **Contextual Significance:** - **Overall Contribution:** - The image contributes as a simplified visual representation of a process or procedure, likely serving as a quick reference for understanding the sequence of steps involved. **Tables:** - **Tabular Data Analysis:** - No tables are included in the image. ### Summary **Image 1** features a flowchart that describes a step-by-step process involving the input, processing, and output of data, concluding with an end step. The text provides clear labels for each step, and the arrows create a discernible flow from start to end. The perspective and composition facilitate easy understanding of the process being depicted. There are no additional anomalies or metadata information to analyze from the image. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 206 Context: # CHAPTER 8. LOGIC A statement that has a "truth value," which means that it is either true or false. The statement "all plants are living beings" could be a proposition, as could "Barack Obama was the first African-American President" and "Kim Kardashian will play the title role in Thor: Love and Thunder." By contrast, questions like "are you okay?" cannot be propositions, nor can commands like "hurry up and answer already!" or phrases like "Lynn's newborn schnauzer," because they are not statements that can be true or false. (Linguistically speaking, propositions have to be in the indicative mood.) We normally use capital letters (what else?) to denote propositions, like: - Let **A** be the proposition that UMW is in Virginia. - Let **B** be the proposition that the King of England is female. - Let **C** be the proposition that dogs are carnivores. Don't forget that a proposition doesn't have to be true in order to be a valid proposition (B is still a proposition, for example). It just matters that it is labeled and that it has the potential to be true or false. Propositions are considered atomic. This means that they are indivisible: to the logic system itself, or to a computer program, they are simply an opaque chunk of truth (or falsity) called "A" or whatever. When we humans read the description of A, we realize that it has to do with the location of a particular institution of higher education, and with the state of the union that it might reside (or not reside) in. All this is invisible to an artificially intelligent agent, however, which treats "A" as nothing more than a stand-in label for a statement that has no further discernible structure. So things are pretty boring so far. We can define and label propositions, but none of them have any connections to the others. We change that by introducing logical operators (also called logical connectives) with which we can build up compound constructions out of multiple propositions. The six connectives we’ll learn are: #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 212 Context: ``` # CHAPTER 8. LOGIC | X | Y | X∨Y | X•Y | ¬X | X=Y | X≠Y | |---|---|-----|-----|----|-----|-----| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Take a moment and look carefully through the entries in that table, and make sure you agree that this correctly represents the outputs for the five operators. (Note that ¬, being a unary operator, only has X as an input, which means that the value of Y is effectively ignored for that column.) Now sometimes we have a more complex expression (like the \( C \oplus (A \land B) \Rightarrow \neg A \) example from above) and we want to know the truth value of the entire expression. Under what circumstances — i.e., for what truth values of A, B, and C — is that expression true? We can use truth tables to calculate this piece by piece. Let’s work through that example in its entirety. First, we set up the inputs for our truth table: | A | B | C | |---|---|---| | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | In this case, there are three inputs to the expression (A, B, and C) and so we have \( 2^3 \), or eight, rows in the truth table. Now we work our way through the expression inside out, writing down the values of intermediate parts of the expression. We need to know the value of ¬B to figure some other things out, so let’s start with that one: ``` #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 222 Context: 214 # CHAPTER 8. LOGIC So these two cases both result in true. But perhaps surprisingly, we also get true for oatmeal: - **Human**(oatmeal) → **Adult**(oatmeal) ⊕ **Child**(oatmeal) false → false ⊕ false false → false true ✓ Whoa, how did true pop out of that? Simply because the premise was false, and so all bets were off. We effectively said “if a bowl of oatmeal is human, then it will either be an adult or a child. But it’s not, so never mind!” Put another way, the bowl of oatmeal did not turn out to be a counterexample, and so we’re confident claiming that this expression is true “for all \( x \): \( \forall \)”. The other kind of quantifier is called the **existential quantifier**. As its name suggests, it asserts the existence of something. We write it \( \exists \) and pronounce it “there exists.” For example, - \( \exists \, \text{HasGovernor}(x) \) asserts that there is at least one state that has a governor. This doesn’t tell us how many states this is true for, and in fact despite their name, quantifiers really aren’t very good at “quantifying” things for us, at least numerically. As of 2008, the statement - \( \text{President}(x) \land \text{African-American}(x) \) is true, and always will be, no matter how many more African-American U.S. presidents we have. Note that in compound expressions like this, a variable (like \( x \)) always stands for a single entity wherever it appears. For hundreds of years there existed African-Americans, and there have existed Presidents, so the expression above would be ridiculously obvious if it meant only “there have been Presidents, and there have been African-Americans.” But the same variable \( x \) being used as inputs to both predicates is what seals the deal and makes it represent the much stronger statement: “there is at least one individual who is personally both African-American and President of the United States at the same time.” #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 227 Context: # 8.3 Exercises Let \( B \) be the proposition that Joe Biden was elected president in 2020, \( C \) be the proposition that Covid-19 was completely and permanently eradicated from the earth in 2021, and \( R \) be the proposition that *Roe v. Wade* was overturned in 2022. 1. What’s \( B \land C \)? **False.** 2. What’s \( B \land C' \)? **True.** 3. What’s \( A \land R \)? **True.** 4. What’s \( A \land R' \)? **False.** 5. What’s \( \neg C \lor R \)? **True.** 6. What’s \( \neg(C \lor R')? \) **False.** 7. What’s \( \neg(C \lor R) \)? **True.** 8. What’s \( \neg C \land B \)? **False.** 9. What’s \( C \land B' \)? **True.** 10. What’s \( \neg C \to B \)? **False.** 11. What’s \( \neg\neg\neg B \)? **True.** 12. What’s \( \neg B' \)? **False.** 13. What’s \( \neg\neg\neg C' \)? **True.** 14. What’s \( B \lor C \lor R \)? **True.** 15. What’s \( B \land C \land R'? \) **False.** 16. What’s \( B \land C \land R \)? **True.** (Even though there is plainly no causality there.) 17. What’s \( B \to R? \) **True.** (Ditto.) 18. What’s \( R \to B? \) **False.** (The premise is true, so the conclusion must also be true for this sentence to be true.) 19. What’s \( B \to C? \) **True.** (The premise is true, so all bets are off and the sentence is true.) 20. What’s \( C \to B? \) **True.** (The premise is false, so all bets are off and the sentence is true.) #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 230 Context: # CHAPTER 8. LOGIC | | Statement | |---|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 35| True or false: ∀x Professor(x) ⇔ Human(x).
**True!** This is what we were trying to say all along. Every professor is a person. | | 36| True or false: ¬∃x Professor(x) → ¬Human(x).
**True!** This is an equivalent statement to item 35. There's nothing in the universe that is a professor yet not a human. (At least, at the time of this writing.) | #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 233 Context: # 9.1. PROOF CONCEPTS The phone is in my pocket, and has not rung, and I conclude that the plan has not changed. I look at my watch, and it reads 5:17 pm, which is earlier than the time they normally leave, so I know I'm not going to catch them walking out the door. This is, roughly speaking, my thought process that justifies the conclusion that the house will be empty when I pull into the garage. Notice, however, that this prediction depends precariously on several facts. What if I spaced out the day of the week, and this is actually Thursday? All bets are off. What if my cell phone battery has run out of charge? Then perhaps they did try to call me but couldn’t reach me. What if I set my watch wrong and it’s actually 4:17 pm? Etc. Just like a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, a whole proof falls apart if even one step isn’t reliable. Knowledge bases in artificial intelligence systems are designed to support these chains of reasoning. They contain statements expressed in formal logic that can be examined to deduce only the new facts that logically follow from the old. Suppose, for instance, that we had a knowledge base that currently contained the following facts: 1. \( A = C \) 2. \( \neg (C \land D) \) 3. \( (F \lor E) \to D \) 4. \( A \lor B \) These facts are stated in propositional logic, and we have no idea what any of the propositions really mean, but then neither does the computer, so hey. Fact #1 tells us that if proposition A (whatever that may be) is true, then we know C is true as well. Fact #2 tells us that we know CAD is false, which means at least one of the two must be false. And so on. Large knowledge bases can contain thousands or even millions of such expressions. It’s a complete record of everything the system “knows.” Now suppose we learn an additional fact: \( \neg B \). In other words, the system interacts with its environment and comes to the conclusion. #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 235 Context: ``` 9.2 TYPES OF PROOF ================== to be true, and so it is legal grounds from which to start. A proof can't even get off the ground without axioms. For instance, in step 1 of the above proof, we noted that either A or B must be true, and so if B isn't true, then A must be. But we couldn't have taken this step without knowing that disjunctive syllogism is a valid form of reasoning. It's not important to know all the technical names of the rules that I included in parentheses. But it is important to see that we made use of an axiom of reasoning on every step, and that if any of those axioms were incorrect, it could lead to a faulty conclusion. When you create a valid proof, the result is a new bit of knowledge called a theorem which can be used in future proofs. Think of a theorem like a subroutine in programming: a separate bit of code that does a job and can be invoked at will in the course of doing other things. One theorem we learned in chapter 2 was the distributive property of sets; that is, \( X \cap (Y \cup Z) = (X \cap Y) \cup (X \cap Z) \). This can be proven through the use of Venn diagrams, but once you've proven it, it's accepted to be true, and can be used as a "given" in future proofs. ## 9.2 Types of Proof There are a number of accepted "styles" of doing proofs. Here are some important ones: ### Direct Proof The examples we've used up to now have been direct proofs. This is where you start from what's known and proceed directly by positive steps towards your conclusion. Direct proofs remind me of a game called "word ladders," invented by Lewis Carroll, that you might have played as a child: ``` WARM | | ? ? ? ? | | COLD ``` ``` #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 236 Context: # CHAPTER 9. PROOF ## COLD You start with one word (like **WARM**) and you have to come up with a sequence of words, each of which differs from the previous by only one letter, such that you eventually reach the ending word (like **COLD**). It's sort of like feeling around in the dark: - **WARM** - **WART** - **WALT** - **WILT** - **WILD** - ... This attempt seemed promising at first, but now it looks like it's going nowhere. ("**WOLD?**" "**CILD?**" Hmm...) After starting over and playing around with it for a while, you might stumble upon: - **WARM** - **WORM** - **WORD** - **CORD** - **COLD** This turned out to be a pretty direct path: for each step, the letter we changed was exactly what we needed it to be for the target word **COLD**. Sometimes, though, you have to meander away from the target a little bit to find a solution, like going from **BLACK** to **WHITE**: - **BLACK** - **CLACK** - **CRACK** - **TRACK** - **TRICK** - **TRICE** #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 243 Context: # 9.3. PROOF BY INDUCTION Let’s look back at that inductive step, because that’s where all the action is. It’s crucial to understand what that step does *not* say. It doesn’t say “Vote(k) is true for some number k.” If it did, then since k’s value is arbitrary at that point, we would basically be assuming the very thing we were supposed to prove, which is circular reasoning and extremely unconvincing. But that’s not what we did. Instead, we made the inductive hypothesis and said, “okay then, let’s assume for a second a 40-year-old can vote. We don’t know for sure, but let’s say she can. Now, if that’s indeed true, can a 41-year-old also vote?” The answer is yes. We might have said, “okay then, let’s assume for a second a 7-year-old can vote. We don’t know for sure, but let’s say she can. Now, if that’s indeed true, can an 8-year-old also vote?” The answer is yes. Note carefully that we did not say that 8-year-olds can vote! We merely said that if 7-year-olds can, why then 8-year-olds must be able to as well. Remember that X → Y is true if either X is false or Y is true (or both). In the 7-year-old example, the premise X turns out to be false, so this doesn’t rule out our implication. The result is a row of falling dominoes, up to whatever number we wish. Say we want to verify that a 25-year-old can vote. Can we be sure? Well: 1. If a 24-year-old can vote, then that would sure prove it (by the inductive step). 2. So now we need to verify that a 24-year-old can vote. Can he? Well, if a 23-year-old can vote, then that would sure prove it (by the inductive step). 3. Now everything hinges on whether a 23-year-old can vote. Can he? Well, if a 22-year-old can vote, then that would sure prove it (by the inductive step). 4. So it comes down to whether a 22-year-old can vote. Can he? Well, if a 21-year-old can vote, then that would sure prove it (by the inductive step). 5. And now we need to verify whether a 21-year-old can vote. Can he? Yes (by the base case). #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 253 Context: # Index - n-choose-k notation, 156 - n-to-the-k-falling operator, 152 - a priori, 68 - modus ponens, 201, 226 - modus tollens, 226 - quad erat demonstrandum (Q.E.D.), 226 - reductio ad absurdum, 229 - acyclic (graphs), 91 - additivity property, 63 - adjacent (vertices), 89 - algorithm, 97, 127, 128, 132, 149, 150 - Ali, Muhammad, 92 - American Idol, 62, 68 - ancestor (of a node), 115 - and (logical operator), 18, 199, 203 - antisymmetric (relation), 40, 43 - Appel, Kenneth, 244 - arrays, 13 - artificial intelligence (AI), 197, 201, 225 - associative, 20 - asymmetric (relation), 41 - ATM machines, 143 - atomic (propositions), 198 - AVL trees, 133 - axioms, 226, 229 - background knowledge, 68, 70 - balancedness (of a tree), 132 - base case (of a proof), 233, 240 - bases (of number systems), 166, 168, 170 - Bayes' Theorem, 75 - Bayes, Thomas, 67 - Bayesian, 66 - BFT (breadth-first traversal), 95, 97 - Big-O notation, 127 - bijective (function), 49 - binary numbers, 25, 177, 178, 180, 182 - binary search trees, 123, 125 - binomial coefficients, 156 - bit, 177 - Booth, John Wilkes, 86 - BST property, 125, 131 - byte, 180 #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 254 Context: ``` # CHAPTER 9. PROOF - Cantor, Georg, 7, 12, 17 - capacity (of a byte), 182 - cardinality (of sets), 16, 25, 28, 66 - Carroll, Lewis, 227 - carry-in, 189 - carry-out, 189 - Cartesian product (of sets), - 19, 35 - chess, 114 - child (of a node), 115 - closed interval, 61 - codomain (of a function), 45 - collectively exhaustive, 26 - combinations, 154 - combinators, 25, 141 - commutative, 18, 20, 71 - compilers, 114 - complement laws (of sets), - 21 - complement, partial (of sets), - 18 - complement, total (of sets), - 18, 65, 146, 162 - complete binary tree, 121 - conclusion (of implication), 200 - conditional probability, - 68, 72, 74, 78 - congruent, 173 - conjunction, 199, 208 - connected (vertices/graphs), - 89, 95 - coordinates, 15 - curly brace notation, 11 - cycles, 90 ## DAGs (directed acyclic graphs), 90 - data structures, 85 - Davies family, 8, 9, 26, 147, 154 - De Morgan's laws, 21, 22, 207, 208 - decimal numbers, 165, 169, 173, 178 - degree (of a vertex), 90 - depth (of a node), 115 - dequeuing, 95 - descendant (of a node), 115 - DFT (depth-first traversal), 99, 101 ## Dijkstra's algorithm, 101, 104 - Dijkstra, Edsger, 101 - direct proof, 227 - directed graphs, 88, 91 - disjunction, 199, 208, 226 - disjunctive syllogism, 226 - disk sectors, 156 - distributive, 20, 208, 227 - domain (of a function), 45 - domain of discourse (?), 9, - 19, 21, 27, 60, 210 - domination laws (of sets), 21 - dominors, 234 - drinking age, 232, 234 - duplicates (in sets), 13 - edges, 86, 87 - elements (of sets), 8, 15, 23 - ellipses, 12 - empty graph, 87 - empty set, 9, 16, 21, 24, 25, - 36, 114 - endorelations, 38, 93 ``` #################### File: A%20Cool%20Brisk%20Walk%20Through%20Discrete%20Mathematics%20-%20Stephen%20Davies%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 257 Context: 9.4. FINAL WORD ================= - ordered triples, 15 - org charts, 113 - outcomes, 60, 62 - overflow, 188 P = NP?, 244 parent (of a node), 114 partial orders, 43 partial permutations, 151, 154 partitions, 26, 71, 94 Pascal's triangle, 157 passwords, 146 paths (in a graph), 88, 113 perfect binary tree, 122, 239 permutations, 147 PINs, 143 poker, 160 pop (off a stack), 99 posts, 43 post-order traversal, 118 postulates, 226 power sets, 24, 36 pre-order traversal, 117 predicates, 210, 211, 232 predicate logic, 210 premise (of implication), 200 Prim's algorithm, 107 Prime, Robert, 107 prior probability, 68 probability measures, 61, 63, 65 product operator (II), 142, 160 proof, 223 proof by contradiction, 229 propositional logic, 197, 225 propositions, 197, 210 - psychology, 70, 86 - push (on a stack), 99 - quantifiers, 212, 215 - queue, 95, 97 - quotient, 173, 174 - range (of a function), 48 - rational numbers (ℝ), 17, 24 - reachable, 89 - real numbers (ℝ), 71, 94 - rebalancing (a tree), 132 - recursion, 116, 120, 149, 231 - red-black trees, 133 - reflexive (relation), 40, 43 - relations, finite, 39 - relations, infinite, 39 - remainder, 173, 174 - right child, 116 - root (of a tree), 112, 114 - rooted trees, 112, 134 - Russell's paradox, 15 - sample space (Ω), 60 - semantic network, 87 - set operators, 18 - set-builder notation, 11 - sets, 8, 93 - sets of sets, 15 - sets, finite, 12 - sets, fuzzy, 10 - sets, infinite, 12 - sibling (of a node), 115 - signs-magnitude binary numbers, 183, 189 **Sonic the Hedgehog**, 73 - southern states, 72 - spatial positioning, 92, 113 #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 2 Context: I'm unable to assist with that. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 3 Context: # Contents Preface iii Learning and Intuition vii 1. Data and Information 1.1 Data Representation ...................................................... 2 1.2 Preprocessing the Data .................................................. 4 2. Data Visualization .................................................................. 7 3. Learning 3.1 In a Nutshell ............................................................... 15 4. Types of Machine Learning 4.1 In a Nutshell ............................................................... 20 5. Nearest Neighbors Classification 5.1 The Idea In a Nutshell .................................................. 23 6. The Naive Bayesian Classifier 6.1 The Naive Bayes Model .................................................. 25 6.2 Learning a Naive Bayes Classifier ............................... 27 6.3 Class-Prediction for New Instances ............................. 28 6.4 Regularization ............................................................... 30 6.5 Remarks .................................................................... 31 6.6 The Idea In a Nutshell .................................................. 32 7. The Perceptron 7.1 The Perceptron Model .................................................. 34 #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 4 Context: ``` # CONTENTS 7.2 A Different Cost function: Logistic Regression .......................... 37 7.3 The Idea In a Nutshell .................................................. 38 # 8 Support Vector Machines ................................................ 39 8.1 The Non-Separable case ................................................. 43 # 9 Support Vector Regression .............................................. 47 # 10 Kernel ridge Regression ............................................... 51 10.1 Kernel Ridge Regression ............................................... 52 10.2 An alternative derivation ............................................. 53 # 11 Kernel K-means and Spectral Clustering ............................... 55 # 12 Kernel Principal Components Analysis ................................ 59 12.1 Centering Data in Feature Space ....................................... 61 # 13 Fisher Linear Discriminant Analysis .................................. 63 13.1 Kernel Fisher LDA .................................................... 66 13.2 A Constrained Convex Programming Formulation of FDA ................. 68 # 14 Kernel Canonical Correlation Analysis ................................ 69 14.1 Kernel CCA ............................................................ 71 # A Essentials of Convex Optimization ..................................... 73 A.1 Lagrangians and all that ............................................... 73 # B Kernel Design .......................................................... 77 B.1 Polynomials Kernels .................................................... 77 B.2 All Subsets Kernel ...................................................... 78 B.3 The Gaussian Kernel ..................................................... 79 ``` #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 15 Context: # 1.1. DATA REPRESENTATION Most datasets can be represented as a matrix, \( X = [X_{n,k}] \), with rows indexed by "attribute-index" \( i \) and columns indexed by "data-index" \( n \). The value \( X_{n,k} \) for attribute \( i \) and data-case \( n \) can be binary, real, discrete, etc., depending on what we measure. For instance, if we measure weight and color of 100 cars, the matrix \( X \) is \( 2 \times 100 \) dimensional and \( X_{1,20} = 20,684.57 \) is the weight of car nr. 20 in some units (a real value) while \( X_{2,20} = 2 \) is the color of car nr. 20 (say one of 6 predefined colors). Most datasets can be cast in this form (but not all). For documents, we can give each distinct word of a prespecified vocabulary a number and simply count how often a word was present. Say the word "book" is defined to have nr. 10, 568 in the vocabulary then \( X_{1,1005} = 4 \) would mean: the word book appeared 4 times in document 5076. Sometimes the different data-cases do not have the same number of attributes. Consider searching the internet for images about cats. You’ll retrieve a large variety of images most with a different number of pixels. We can either try to resize the images to a common size or we can simply leave those entries in the matrix empty. It may also occur that a certain entry is supposed to be there but it couldn’t be measured. For instance, if we run an optical character recognition system on a scanned document some letters will not be recognized. We’ll use a question mark “?” to indicate that that entry wasn’t observed. It is very important to realize that there are many ways to represent data and not all are equally suitable for analysis. By this I mean that in some representation the structure may be obvious while in other representation it may become totally obscure. It is still there, but just harder to find. The algorithms that we will discuss are based on certain assumptions, such as, “Humans and Ferraries can be separated with a line,” see figure ?. While this may be true if we measure weight in kilograms and height in meters, it is no longer true if we decide to re-code these numbers into bit-strings. The structure is still in the data, but we would need a much more complex assumption to discover it. A lesson to be learned is thus to spend some time thinking about in which representation the structure is as obvious as possible and transform the data if necessary before applying standard algorithms. In the next section we’ll discuss some standard preprocessing operations. It is often advisable to visualize the data before preprocessing and analyzing it. This will often tell you if the structure is a good match for the algorithm you had in mind for further analysis. Chapter ? will discuss some elementary visualization techniques. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 21 Context: # Data Visualization Techniques Distributions that have heavy tails relative to Gaussian distributions are important to consider. Another criterion is to find projections onto which the data has multiple modes. A more recent approach is to project the data onto a potentially curved manifold. ## Scatter Plots Scatter plots are of course not the only way to visualize data. It's a creative exercise, and anything that helps enhance your understanding of the data is allowed in this game. To illustrate, I will give a few examples from a variety of techniques: 1. **Histogram**: A useful way to represent the distribution of a dataset. 2. **Box Plot**: Provides a visual summary of the median, quartiles, and outliers. 3. **Heatmap**: Displays data values in a matrix format using colors for easy interpretation. 4. **Line Graph**: Ideal for showing trends over time. Feel free to explore different methods to find what best enhances your comprehension of the dataset. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 22 Context: # CHAPTER 2: DATA VISUALIZATION ## Introduction Data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data. By using visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps, data visualization tools provide an accessible way to see and understand trends, outliers, and patterns in data. ## Benefits of Data Visualization - **Enhanced Understanding**: Complex data becomes more understandable through visual representation. - **Immediate Insights**: Visualizations can provide quick and effective insights into data trends. - **Better Communication**: It aids in storytelling and communicating data findings effectively. ## Common Types of Data Visualizations 1. **Bar Charts** - Useful for comparing quantities across categories. 2. **Line Graphs** - Ideal for showing trends over time. 3. **Pie Charts** - Best for illustrating proportions of a whole. 4. **Heat Maps** - Effective for displaying data density across a geographical area. ## Tools for Data Visualization | Tool | Description | Cost | |---------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------| | Tableau | Leading data visualization tool | Subscription | | Microsoft Excel | Popular for creating basic charts and graphs | License fee | | Power BI | Business analytics service from Microsoft | Subscription | | Google Data Studio | Free online tool for data visualization | Free | ## Conclusion Data visualization is a crucial technique for data analysis and communication. By implementing effective visualization methods and using appropriate tools, organizations can greatly enhance their decision-making processes. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 28 Context: # CHAPTER 3. LEARNING ## Introduction Learning involves acquiring knowledge, skills, attitudes, or competencies. It can take place in various settings, such as classrooms, workplaces, or self-directed environments. This chapter discusses the types and processes of learning. ## Types of Learning 1. **Formal Learning** - Structured and typically takes place in educational institutions. - Includes degrees, diplomas, and certifications. 2. **Informal Learning** - Unstructured and occurs outside formal institutions. - Can include life experiences, social interactions, and casual settings. 3. **Non-Formal Learning** - Organized but not typically in a formal education setting. - Often community-based, such as workshops and training sessions. ## Learning Processes - **Cognitive Learning**: Involves mental processes and understanding. - **Behavioral Learning**: Focuses on behavioral changes in response to stimuli. - **Constructivist Learning**: Emphasizes learning through experience and reflection. ## Table of Learning Theories | Theory | Key Contributor | Description | |--------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------| | Behaviorism | B.F. Skinner | Learning as a change in behavior due to reinforcement. | | Constructivism | Jean Piaget | Knowledge is constructed through experiences. | | Social Learning | Albert Bandura | Learning through observation and imitation. | ## Conclusion Understanding the different types and processes of learning can help educators and learners optimize educational experiences. Utilizing various methods can cater to individual learning preferences and improve outcomes. ## References - Smith, J. (2020). *Learning Theories: A Comprehensive Approach*. Educational Press. - Doe, A. (2019). *Techniques for Effective Learning*. Learning Publishers. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 39 Context: ``` 6.2 Learning a Naive Bayes Classifier =============================== Given a dataset, \(\{(X_i, Y_i), i = 1...D, n = 1...N\}\), we wish to estimate what these probabilities are. To start with the simplest one, what would be a good estimate for the number of the percentage of spam versus ham emails that our imaginary entity uses to generate emails? Well, we can simply count how many spam and ham emails we have in our data. This is given by: \[ P(spam) = \frac{# \, spam \, emails}{total \, emails} = \frac{\sum I_{Y_i = 1}}{N} \tag{6.1} \] Here we mean with \(I[A = a]\) a function that is only equal to 1 if its argument is satisfied, and zero otherwise. Hence, in the equation above it counts the number of instances that \(Y_n = 1\). Since the remainder of the emails must be ham, we also find that \[ P(ham) = 1 - P(spam) = \frac{# \, ham \, emails}{total \, emails} = \frac{\sum I_{Y_i = 0}}{N} \tag{6.2} \] where we have used that \(P(ham) + P(spam) = 1\) since an email is either ham or spam. Next, we need to estimate how often we expect to see a certain word or phrase in either a spam or a ham email. In our example, we could for instance ask ourselves what the probability is that we find the word "viagra" \(k\) times, with \(k = 0, 1, > 1\), in a spam email. Let's recode this as \(X_{viagra} = 0\) meaning that we didn't observe "viagra", \(X_{viagra} = 1\) meaning that we observed it once and \(X_{viagra} = 2\) meaning that we observed it more than once. The answer is again that we can count how often these events happened in our data and use that as an estimate for the real probabilities according to which it generated emails. First for spam we find, \[ P_{spam}(X_i = j) = \frac{# \, spam \, emails \, for \, which \, the \, word \, j \, was \, found \, t \, times}{total \, of \, spam \, emails} = \frac{\sum I_{X_n = j \land Y_n = 1}}{\sum I_{Y_i = 1}} \tag{6.3} \] Here we have defined the symbol \(\land\) to mean that both statements to the left and right of this symbol should hold true in order for the entire sentence to be true. ``` #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 54 Context: 42 # CHAPTER 8. SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES The theory of duality guarantees that for convex problems, the dual problem will be concave, and moreover, that the unique solution of the primal problem corresponds to the unique solution of the dual problem. In fact, we have: \( L_P(w^*) = L_D(\alpha^*) \), i.e. the “duality-gap” is zero. Next we turn to the conditions that must necessarily hold at the saddle point and thus the solution of the problem. These are called the KKT conditions (which stands for Karush-Kuhn-Tucker). These conditions are necessary in general, and sufficient for convex optimization problems. They can be derived from the primal problem by setting the derivatives w.r.t to zero. Also, the constraints themselves are part of these conditions and we need that for inequality constraints the Lagrange multipliers are non-negative. Finally, an important constraint called “complementary slackness” needs to be satisfied. \[ \begin{align*} \partial_w L_P = 0 & \rightarrow \quad w - \sum_i \alpha_i y_i x_i = 0 \quad (8.12) \\ \partial_{\alpha} L_P = 0 & \rightarrow \sum_i \alpha_i y_i = 0 \quad (8.13) \\ \text{constraint - 1} & \quad y_i (w^T x_i - b) - 1 \geq 0 \quad (8.14) \\ \text{multiplier condition} & \quad \alpha_i \geq 0 \quad (8.15) \\ \text{complementary slackness} & \quad \alpha_i [y_i (w^T x_i - b) - 1] = 0 \quad (8.16) \end{align*} \] It is the last equation which may be somewhat surprising. It states that either the inequality constraint is satisfied, but not saturated: \( y_i (w^T x_i - b) - 1 > 0 \) in which case \( \alpha_i \) for that data-case must be zero, or the inequality constraint is saturated \( y_i (w^T x_i - b) - 1 = 0 \), in which case \( \alpha_i \) can be any value \( \geq 0 \). Inequality constraints which are saturated are said to be “active”, while unsaturated constraints are inactive. One could imagine the process of searching for a solution as a ball which runs down the primary objective function using gradient descent. At some point, it will hit a wall which is the constraint and although the derivative is still pointing partially towards the wall, the constraints prohibits the ball to go on. This is an active constraint because the ball is glued to that wall. When a final solution is reached, we could remove some constraints, without changing the solution, these are inactive constraints. One could think of the term \( \partial_{\alpha} L_P \) as the force acting on the ball. We see from the first equation above that only the forces with \( \alpha_i \neq 0 \) exert a force on the ball that balances with the force from the curved quadratic surface \( w \). The training cases with \( \alpha_i > 0 \), representing active constraints on the position of the support hyperplane are called support vectors. These are the vectors. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 68 Context: # 11. KERNEL K-MEANS AND SPECTRAL CLUSTERING Let \( L = \text{diag}\left(1 / \sum_n Z_{nk}\right) = \text{diag}(1 / |N_k|) \). Finally, define \( \Phi_n = \phi(x_n) \). With these definitions you can now check that the matrix \( M \) defined as, \[ M = \Phi Z L Z^T \tag{11.5} \] consists of \( N \) columns, one for each data-case, where each column contains a copy of the cluster mean \( \mu_k \) to which that data-case is assigned. Using this we can write out the K-means cost as, \[ C = \text{tr}(\Phi - M)(\Phi - M)^T \tag{11.6} \] Next we can show that \( Z^T Z = L^{-1} \) (check this), and thus that \( (Z L Z^T)^2 = Z L Z^T \). In other words, it is a projection. Similarly, \( I - Z L Z^T \) is a projection on the complement space. Using this we simplify eqn.11.6 as, \[ C = \text{tr}\left[\Phi(I - Z L Z^T) \phi^T\right] \tag{11.7} \] \[ = \text{tr}\left[\Phi(I - Z L Z^T) \phi^T\right] \tag{11.8} \] \[ = \text{tr}[\phi^T] - \text{tr}[\phi Z L Z^T \phi^T] \tag{11.9} \] \[ = \text{tr}[k] - \text{tr}[L^T Z K Z L] \tag{11.10} \] where we used that \( \text{tr}[AB] = \text{tr}[BA] \) and \( L^k \) is defined as taking the square root of the diagonal elements. Note that only the second term depends on the clustering matrix \( Z \), so we can now formulate the following equivalent kernel clustering problem, \[ \max_Z \text{tr}[L Z^T K Z L^*] \tag{11.11} \] such that: \( Z \) is a binary clustering matrix. \tag{11.12} This objective is entirely specified in terms of kernels and so we have once again managed to move to the "dual" representation. Note also that this problem is very difficult to solve due to the constraints which forces us to search for binary matrices. Our next step will be to approximate this problem through a relaxation on this constraint. First we recall that \( Z^T Z = L^{-1} \to L Z^T Z L^{-1} = I \). Renaming \( H = Z L^k \), with \( H \) an \( N \times K \) dimensional matrix, we can formulate the following relaxation of the problem, \[ \max H \text{tr}[H^T K H] \tag{11.13} \] subject to \( H^T H = I \tag{11.14} \] #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 81 Context: # Chapter 14 ## Kernel Canonical Correlation Analysis Imagine you are given 2 copies of a corpus of documents, one written in English, the other written in German. You may consider an arbitrary representation of the documents, but for definiteness we will use the “vector space” representation where there is an entry for every possible word in the vocabulary and a document is represented by count values for every word, i.e., if the word “the” appeared 12 times and the first word in the vocabulary we have \( X_1(doc) = 12 \), etc. Let’s say we are interested in extracting low dimensional representations for each document. If we had only one language, we could consider running PCA to extract directions in word space that carry most of the variance. This has the ability to infer semantic relations between the words such as synonymy, because if words tend to co-occur often in documents, i.e., they are highly correlated, they tend to be combined into a single dimension in the new space. These spaces can often be interpreted as topic spaces. If we have two translations, we can try to find projections of each representation separately such that the projections are maximally correlated. Hopefully, this implies that they represent the same topic in two different languages. In this way we can extract language independent topics. Let \( x \) be a document in English and \( y \) a document in German. Consider the projections: \( u = a^Tx \) and \( v = b^Ty \). Also assume that the data have zero mean. We now consider the following objective: \[ \rho = \frac{E[uv]}{\sqrt{E[u^2]E[v^2]}} \tag{14.1} \] #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 85 Context: # Appendix A ## Essentials of Convex Optimization ### A.1 Lagrangians and all that Most kernel-based algorithms fall into two classes: either they use spectral techniques to solve the problem, or they use convex optimization techniques to solve the problem. Here we will discuss convex optimization. A constrained optimization problem can be expressed as follows: - **minimize** \( f_0(x) \) - **subject to** - \( f_i(x) \leq 0 \quad \forall i \) - \( h_j(x) = 0 \quad \forall j \) (A.1) That is, we have inequality constraints and equality constraints. We now write the primal Lagrangian of this problem, which will be helpful in the following development: \[ L_P(x, \lambda, \nu) = f_0(x) + \sum_{i} \lambda_i f_i(x) + \sum_{j} \nu_j h_j(x) \quad (A.2) \] where we will assume in the following that \( \lambda_i \geq 0 \quad \forall i \). From here, we can define the dual Lagrangian by: \[ L_D(\lambda, \nu) = \inf_x L_P(x, \lambda, \nu) \quad (A.3) \] This objective can actually become \( -\infty \) for certain values of its arguments. We will call parameters \( \lambda \geq 0, \nu \) for which \( L_D > -\infty \) dual feasible. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 88 Context: # APPENDIX A. ESSENTIALS OF CONVEX OPTIMIZATION Complementary slackness is easily derived by, \[ f_0(x^*) = L_D(\lambda^*, \nu^*) = \inf_x \left( f_0(x) + \sum_{i} \lambda_i f_i(x) + \sum_{j} \nu_j h_j(x) \right) \] \[ \leq f_0(x^*) + \sum_{i} \lambda_i f_i(x^*) + \sum_{j} \nu_j h_j(x^*) \quad (A.13) \] \[ \leq f_0(x^*) \quad (A.14) \] where the first line follows from Eqn. A.6, the second because the inf is always smaller than any \( x^* \) and the last because \( f_i(x^*) \leq 0, \lambda_i \geq 0 \) and \( h_j(x^*) = 0 \). Hence all inequalities are equalities and each term is negative, so each term must vanish separately. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 90 Context: # APPENDIX B. KERNEL DESIGN ## B.1 Term \[ \left(x^Ty\right)^* = (x_1y_1+x_2y_2+\ldots+x_ny_n)^* = \sum_{i,j=1}^{n} \frac{s}{i_1! \ldots i_s!} (x_1y_1)^{i_1}(x_2y_2)^{i_2} \ldots (x_ny_n)^{i_n} (B.4) \] Taken together with eqn. B.3 we see that the features correspond to: \[ \phi_t(x) = \frac{d!}{(d - s)!} \frac{1}{i_1! i_2! \ldots i_n!} R^{d-s} x_1^{i_1} x_2^{i_2} \ldots x_n^{i_n} \quad \text{with } i_1 + i_2 + \ldots + i_n = s < d \quad (B.5) \] The point is really that in order to efficiently compute the total sum of \(\binom{m+d-1}{d}\) terms we have inserted very special coefficients. The only true freedom we have left is in choosing \(R\): for larger \(R\) we down-weight higher order polynomials more. The question we want to answer is: how much freedom do we have in choosing different coefficients and still being able to compute the inner product efficiently? ## B.2 All Subsets Kernel We define the feature again as the product of powers of input attributes. However, in this case, the choice of power is restricted to \([0,1]\), i.e. the feature is present or absent. For \(n\) input dimensions (number of attributes) we have \(2^n\) possible combinations. Let’s compute the kernel function: \[ K(x,y) = \sum_{I} \phi_I(x) \phi_I(y) = \sum_{I} \prod_{j=1}^{n} x_j y_j = \prod_{i=1}^{n}(1+x_i) (B.6) \] where the last identity follows from the fact that, \[ \prod_{i=1}^{n} (1 + z_i) = 1 + \sum_{i} z_i + \sum_{i < j} z_iz_j + \ldots + z_1 z_2 \ldots z_n \quad (B.7) \] i.e. a sum over all possible combinations. Note that in this case again, it is much efficient to compute the kernel directly than to sum over the features. Also note that in this case there is no decaying factor multiplying the monomials. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 92 Context: # APPENDIX B. KERNEL DESIGN ## Table of Contents 1. [Introduction](#introduction) 2. [Kernel Architecture](#kernel-architecture) - [Components](#components) - [Functions](#functions) 3. [Design Considerations](#design-considerations) 4. [Conclusion](#conclusion) ## Introduction This appendix discusses the design of the kernel and its components. ## Kernel Architecture ### Components - **Scheduler**: Manages the execution of processes. - **Memory Manager**: Handles memory allocation and deallocation. - **Device Drivers**: Interfaces with hardware devices. ### Functions 1. **Process Management** - Creating and managing processes. - Scheduling and dispatching of processes. 2. **Memory Management** - Allocating memory for processes. - Handling virtual memory. ## Design Considerations - **Performance**: The kernel should be efficient in resource management. - **Scalability**: Must support various hardware platforms. - **Security**: Ensures that processes cannot access each other’s memory. ## Conclusion The kernel design is crucial for the overall system performance and functionality. 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Adams, "Vector fields on spheres," *Ann. of Math.* 75 (1962), 603–632. #################### File: Algebraic%20Topology%20ATbib-ind.pdf Page: 8 Context: # Index - cocycle 198 - coefficients 153, 161, 198, 462 - cofiber 461 - cofiberation 460 - cofiberation sequence 398, 462 - Cohen-Macaulay ring 228 - cohomology group 191, 198 - cohomology operation 488 - cohomology ring 212 - cohomology theory 202, 314, 448, 454 - cohomology with compact supports 242 - cohomotopy groups 454 - colimit 460, 462 - collar 253 - commutative diagram 111 - commutative graded ring 213 - commutativity of cup product 210 - compact supports 242, 334 - compact-open topology 529 - compactly generated topology 523, 531 - complex of spaces 457, 462, 466 - compression lemma 346 - cone 9 - connected graded algebra 283 - connected sum 257 - contractible 4, 157 - contravariant 163, 201 - coproduct 283, 461 - covariant 163 - covering homotopy property 60 - covering space 29, 56, 321, 342, 377 - covering space action 72 - covering transformation 70 - cross product 214, 219, 268, 277, 278 - cup product 206, 249 - CW approximation 352 - CW complex 5, 519 - CW pair 7 - cycle 106 - deck transformation 70 - decomposable operation 497 - deformation retraction 2, 36, 346, 523 - deformation retraction, weak 18 - degree 134, 258 - Δ-complex (Delta-complex) 103 - diagonal 283 - diagram of spaces 456, 462 - dihedral group 75 - dimension 6, 126, 231 - direct limit 243, 311, 455, 460, 462 - directed set 243 - divided polynomial algebra 224, 286, 290 - division algebra 173, 223, 428 - dodecahedral group 142 - Dold-Thom theorem 483 - dominated 528 - dual Hopf algebra 289 - Eckmann-Hilton duality 460 - edge 83 - edgepath 86 - EHP sequence 474 - Eilenberg 131 - Eilenberg-MacLane space 87, 365, 393, 410, 453, 475 - ENR, Euclidean neighborhood retract 527 - Euler characteristic 6, 86, 146 - Euler class 438, 444 - evenly covered 29, 56 - exact sequence 113 - excess 499 - excision 119, 201, 360 - excisive triad 476 - extension lemma 348 - extension problem 415 - exterior algebra 213, 284 - external cup product 214 ########## """QUERY: can you list the documents?""" 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