Designed to cater to the requirements of first year engineering students, this book completely covers the prescribed syllabus of Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, (An Autonomous Institution Affilliated to Anna University, Chennai), Kalavakkam, Chennai.

Dr. B. Praba, Professor & Head, Department of Mathematics, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering has 33 years of research and teaching experience. She received her Ph.D. under UGC JRF from the Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Madras. She is a prolific writer and contributed six books on various topics in mathematics which include Discrete Mathematics, Probability and Random processes. She is also a researcher working on Rough set theory, Algebraic graph theory, etc. She has more than 140 publications in various indexed international journals and conference proceedings. She also proved herself by publishing a book chapter in Wiley Book Series. She has received “Outstanding Educator & Scholar Award” in 2017 and best researcher award for the year 2009. She is a recognized supervisor of Anna University-Chennai, VIT University - Vellore and Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya University-Kanchipuram. Eight students have been awarded their Ph.D degree and more than three students are currently working for their degree under her guidance. She acted as a resource person for various faculty development programs, workshops and international conferences.