Discrete Mathematics

[ResidentBiscuit]

So, for those of you who don't know me, I'm a sophomore in college pursuing a BS in CS. This semester I have a computer org/architecture course (which im excited for, seems really interesting), and a discrete mathematics course. How, this discrete course, holy mother of god. First day of class, the professor was going full speed into stuff I'd never seen before. He started with combinatorial circuits and finite state machines. Now, the latter I understood. Those seemed pretty simple (at least the examples he showed today), but the former. Wow, I was beyond lost the whole time.

Now, to those of you who have taken discrete math, do you know if it gets any better? Is it gonna be this crazy the whole semester?

tl;dr, give me your stories of discrete mathematics!

[Albatross]

It's a very fun and useful subject if you can keep up with it. I took a class in it when I was 13 and while it wasn't the easiest class I've taken, I have no regrets. :)

EDIT: I'm guessing those classes might vary a lot between colleges.

-Albatross

[ResidentBiscuit]

It definitely sounds interesting, just seems completely different then any other math course I've taken.

[Albatross]

Oh, yes. My class covered a very wide range of subjects which were very different (formal logic, proofs, set theory, combinatorics, graphs, number theory, and one other valuable topic that I'm blocking on) from the usual subjects taught in school (arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and perhaps calculus). You're in for a fun and varied time in that class, assuming the professor is good.

-Albatross

[ResidentBiscuit]

Yea I'm just hoping he actually decides to teach something. First class was rough, he just plowed through two topics that nobody knew, and didnt explain what or why these things were happening.