Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)(xpmath.com)

18 pointsby AlleyRow17 yıl önce6 comments

Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)

http://www.xpmath.com/ebooks/files/concrete.pdf

4 comments

gchpaco17 yıl önce

For those possibly confused (like me): this is not a new edition of Concrete Mathematics. It's the text of the published book, but typeset astoundingly poorly. The actual book is sublimely set, as one might expect from Knuth.

The content of the work is very difficult for me, but I think it worthwhile. I doubt it'll be that much use to a non-mathematical audience, tho.

furtivefelon17 yıl önce

The reason why the typeset is poor is due to the fact that all the mathematical symbols are in the "Concrete and Euler or Concrete Math", whoever published the pdf probably doesn't have that font installed. Hence the poor quality. I have yet found a version online that matches the physical book typeset quality.

gchpaco17 yıl önce

It must have a different body font, too, because the tracking on page 4 (for example) is atrocious.

absconditus17 yıl önce

Is this a legally offered file?

AlleyRow17 yıl önce

It's been on the xpmath site since 2003. If it doesn't seem legit please feel free to suggest that this post is deleted (I'm not exactly sure if/how I can delete it myself after an hour has passed)

herdrick17 yıl önce

I can't imagine Knuth would have approved this. It looks bad - the physical book looks great. It doesn't even use the Concrete Roman typeface he designed for the book.

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sneakums17 yıl önce

This PDF looks to me like a scan that was OCR'd; anything the recognizer couldn't handle was left as a bitmap.