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1、CONCRETEMATHEMATICSDedicatedtoLeonhardEuler(1707-l783)CONCRETEMATHEMATICSDedicatedtoLeonhardEuler(1707-l783)CONCRETEMATHEMATICSRonaldL.GrahamAT&TBellLaboratoriesDonaldE.KnuthStanfordUniversityOrenPatashnikStanfordUniversityAADDISON-WESLEYPUBLISHINGCOMP
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5、ording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanada.FGHIJK-HA-943210Preface“Aodience,level,THISBOOKISBASEDonacourseofthesamenamethathasbeentaughtandtreatment-annuallyatStan
6、fordUniversitysince1970.Aboutfiftystudentshavetakenitadescriptionofeachyear-juniorsandseniors,butmostlygraduatestudents-andalumnisuchmattersiswhatprefacesareoftheseclasseshavebeguntospawnsimilarcourseselsewhere.Thusthetimesupposedtobeseemsripetopresent
7、thematerialtoawideraudience(includingsophomores).about.”ItwasadarkandstormydecadewhenConcreteMathematicswasborn.-P.R.Halmos11421Long-heldvalueswereconstantlybeingquestionedduringthoseturbulentyears;collegecampuseswerehotbedsofcontroversy.Thecollegecurr
8、iculumitselfwaschallenged,andmathematicsdidnotescapescrutiny.JohnHam-mersleyhadjustwrittenathought-provokingarticle“Ontheenfeeblementofmathematicalskillsby‘ModernMathematics’andbysimilarsoftintellectualtrashinschoolsanduniversities”[145