Concrete Mathematics
A Foundation for Computer Science
by Ronald Graham, Donald Knuth, Oren Patashnik
4/5
Addison-Wesley Professional 672 pages February 28, 1994
A blend of CONtinuous and disCRETE mathematics, this book covers sums, recurrences, integer functions, number theory, binomial coefficients, generating functions, and discrete probability. Written by three legends of computer science, it's packed with wit and marginalia from Stanford students.
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Jim's Review
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When Donald Knuth co-writes your textbook, you know it's going to be special. This book takes the math that computer scientists actually NEED and teaches it with humor, depth, and those legendary margin notes from Stanford students. Jim loved the graffiti — it's like having a study group built right into the pages. Not easy, but incredibly rewarding. Every CS student should have this on their shelf. Four worms and a tip of the hat to Knuth.
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