<p>So my school offers a class on both discrete math and Boolean algebra/logic. Looking over the courses, they use the same book and both start by covering chapters 1 and 2 from the book. from there, one class covers chp 3-7ish (discrete i think, its not really important) while the other jumps to chapter 9-13 (or so). </p>
<p>out of curiosity, what is the difference between the two subjects? they seem to be very complimentary…</p>
<p>Boolean algebra is concerned with elements have one of two values and the algebraic operations defined on the set are logical OR, a type of addition, and logical AND, a type of multiplication. Boolean algebra is also concerned with events, unions, intersections and complementary events.</p>
<p>Discrete math covers areas like combinatorics, generating functions and graph theory.</p>
<p>Discrete math courses typically cover boolean algebra and logic too though briefly. </p>
<p>Is this Rosen?</p>
<p>What textbook do they use?</p>