This presentation was by Tim Berglund at OSCON 2013 (Portland, Oregon USA). Tim explores the branch of mathematics that deals with separate, countable things. Most of the math we learn in school deals with real-valued quantities like mass, length, and time. However, much of the work of the software developer deals with counting, combinations, numbers, graphs, and logical statements: the purview of discrete mathematics. Watch this brief exploration of an often-overlooked but eminently practical area of mathematics.
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Florence (15) and Keito (14), students at Hakusan International School