具体数学

内容简介

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 mater is primarily an expansion of the Mathematical Preliminaries section in Knuths c1assic 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.

目录

【目录】
目录
1
Recurrent
Problems
1.l
The
Tower
of
Hanoi
1
1.2
Lines
in
the
P1ane
4
1.3
The
Josephus
Problem
8
Exercises
17
2
Sums
2.1
Notation
21
2.2
Sums
and
Recurrences
25
2.3
Mainpulation
of
Sums
30
2.4
Mu1tip1e
Sums
34
2.5
General
Methods
4l
2.6
Finite
and
Infinite
Calcu1us
47
2.7
Infinite
Sums
56
Exercises
62
3
Integer
Functions
3.1
Floors
and
Ceilings
67
3.2
Floor/Ceiling
Applications
70
3.3
Floor/Ceiling
Recurrences
78
3.4
’mod
The
Binary
Operation
81
3.5
F1oor/Cei1ing
Sums
86
Exercises
95
4
Number
Theory
4.1
Divisibility
102
4.2
Primes
105
4.3
Prime
Examples
1

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