Reviews for Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science

The average rating for Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-12-05 00:00:00 Damien Banks I had the great fortune to take this course at Stanford from Ron Graham, with Oren Patashnik as my TA, and we used Don Knuth's "Art Of Computer Programming: Vol. 1 - Fundamental Algorithms" as our textbook. All of the course notes and problem set solutions were written up using TEX. It didn't get any better than that! When I saw that this book had been released, I rushed to my nearest technical bookstore to buy it. It's every bit as fun and whimsical as the class was, but it is by no means any sort of satire or spoof - this book is very deep, and covers a vast array of problems and methodologies. If you've ever wondered what sort of mathematics course could actually inspire someone to continue learning mathematics, check this book out! And if you're *really* lucky, try attending a course, colloquium, seminar, or conference session with any of these three gentlemen presenting - you'll be glad you did!

Review # 2 was written on 2007-12-30 00:00:00 Jeff Edelstein I'm still working my way through this book -- it's supposed to be a precursor to the Art of Computer Programming, to give you the math foundation you need. The explanations are clear and the exercises are great.