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(More customer reviews)If, like me, you stumbled upon this book thinking it was a companion to "Concrete Mathematics" (CM) by Graham, Knuth and Patashnik, you will be disappointed. I was interested in getting a book with more examples and problems to work with along the lines of CM. Since this book was published in 1973 and CM in 1989, I should have made the (lack of) connection. :-)
That said, this seems like a fine book; it arrived this afternoon and I have leafed through it. It's intended purpose is, like CM, to present the reader with concrete, i.e. non-abstract, methods for dealing with various mathematical topics. It does seem to cover some of the same topics as CM but in an entirely different way.
Once I've worked through the book a bit more, I'll revise this review.
To reiterate, if you're looking for a companion book to "Concrete Mathematics", this is not the book you are looking for.
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