Discrete Mathematics with Coding

Discrete mathematics becomes especially vivid when its ideas can be tested, computed, and visualized. In Discrete Mathematics with Coding, Hugo D. Junghenn pairs an undergraduate introduction to the subject with programming in Excel VBA, using mathematical problems as a reason to write code—and code as a way to explore mathematics.

The book introduces VBA for readers without previous coding experience and develops the mathematics with a self-contained approach. Its examples make a distinctive case for learning the two disciplines together: a logical statement can become a truth table, a probability question can become a simulation, and a mathematical pattern can take shape on a spreadsheet.

Start with the tools, then put them to work

The opening section builds familiarity with Excel VBA through programming fundamentals such as operators, conditional statements, loops, arrays, strings, recursion, charts, graphs, and random numbers. These topics provide a coding foundation for the mathematical applications that follow, with examples introducing techniques progressively.

Explore mathematics through computation

Later material applies programming to linear analysis, logic, combinatorics, probability, and number theory. The book describes more than 90 programs and includes examples involving systems of linear equations, linear programming, set and Venn diagram problems, truth tables, switching circuits, message encryption and decryption, and probability experiments.

A practical bridge between two subjects

Rather than treating programming as an add-on, Junghenn uses it alongside the mathematical ideas. That connection can help students see how abstract concepts translate into procedures and how computation can make concrete mathematical questions easier to investigate.

Who may find it useful?

This textbook is intended for a first undergraduate course in discrete mathematics. Its mathematical treatment assumes a good precalculus background and some mathematical maturity, while its VBA introduction assumes no prior coding experience. It may also interest instructors and readers looking for a hands-on link between discrete mathematics and spreadsheet-based programming.

For learners who want mathematics to do more than sit on the page, this book offers a clear route from discrete concepts to working code.