Theory of Relational Databases
Theory of Relational Databases by David Maier
Language: English | 1983 | ISBN: 0914894420 | 656 pages | DJVU | 11,2 MB
Language: English | 1983 | ISBN: 0914894420 | 656 pages | DJVU | 11,2 MB
The book is aimed at a second course in databases, presumably at the graduate level, but possibly at the advanced undergraduate level. While an introductory course in database management systems is not an absolute prerequisite for this book, it is certainly desirable for some concrete motivation and intuition for the abstractions presented here. No specific course in mathematics is assumed, but there should be an acquaintance with set theory and the rudiments of formal logic. Some of the exercises require some sophisticated combinatorics, but those exercises are not central to the topic being developed-they are included for fun. Exercises that are deemed particularly difficult are marked with an asterisk.