This book introduces the mathematics that supports advanced computer programming and the analysis of algorithms. The primary aim of its well-known authors is to provide a solid and relevant base of mathematical skills - the skills needed to solve complex problems, to evaluate horrendous sums, and to discover subtle patterns in data. It is an indispensable text and reference not only for computer scientists - the authors themselves rely heavily on it! - but for serious users of mathematics in virtually every discipline. ...
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This book introduces the mathematics that supports advanced computer programming and the analysis of algorithms. The primary aim of its well-known authors is to provide a solid and relevant base of mathematical skills - the skills needed to solve complex problems, to evaluate horrendous sums, and to discover subtle patterns in data. It is an indispensable text and reference not only for computer scientists - the authors themselves rely heavily on it! - but for serious users of mathematics in virtually every discipline. Concrete Mathematics is a blending of CONtinuous and disCRETE mathematics. "More concretely," the authors explain, "it is the controlled manipulation of mathematical formulas, using a collection of techniques for solving problems." The subject matter is primarily an expansion of the Mathematical Preliminaries section in Knuth's classic Art of Computer Programming, but the style of presentation is more leisurely, and individual topics are covered more deeply. Several new topics have been added, and the most significant ideas have been traced to their historical roots. The book includes more than 500 exercises, divided into six categories. Complete answers are provided for all exercises, except research problems, making the book particularly valuable for self-study. Major topics include: Sums Recurrences Integer functions Elementary number theory Binomial coefficients Generating functions Discrete probability Asymptotic methods This second edition includes important new material about mechanical summation. In response to the widespread use of the first edition as a reference book, the bibliography and index have also been expanded, and additional nontrivial improvements can be found on almost every page. Readers will appreciate the informal style of Concrete Mathematics. Particularly enjoyable are the marginal graffiti contributed by students who have taken courses based on this material. The authors want to convey not only the importance of the techniques presented, but some of the fun in learning and using them.
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I am trying to catch up on lost ground on computer programming. For me there were some concepts in my knowledge of maths which fell into two categories. Either I did not know or had forgotten. This book has easily filled both of these gaps. The text is fun to read and takes the strain out of the concepts for mathematics. It introduces new thoughts and ways of managing the solutions of many types of mathematical problems. I highly recommend it for anyone trying to learn the concepts for the first time, or refresh their knowledge as I am doing. The book has achieved for me all that was said in the short summaries I found on the internet.
ghostrider
Aug 19, 2007
Math for Computer Science
This book should be read by everyone who's serious about computers. It will give you the necessary background to work on optimization software, cryptographic algorithms, analysis of algorithms and several other subjects that are far beyond just "writing programs". It is not an easy book, however. You have to read carefully and slowly, and you will need time to work on the exercises. But it is well worth it.
