Donald E. Knuth eBooks

This book contains more than 500 exercise, divided into six categories: (1) Warmups are execises that every reader shoulr try to do when first reading the material. (2) Basics are exercises to develop facts that are best learned by trying one's own derivation rather that by reading somebody else's. (3) Homework exercises are problems intended to deepen an understanding of material in the current chapter. (4) Exam problems typically involve ideas from two or more chapters simultaneously; they are generally intended for use in take-home exams (not for in-class exams under time pressure). (5) Bonus problems go beyond what an average student of concrete mathematics is expected to handle while taking a course based on this book; they extend the text in in...

Here is the definitive guide to the use of TeX, written by the system's creator, Donald E. Knuth. TeX represents the state of the art in computer typesetting. It is particularly valuable where the document, article, or book to be produced contains a lot of mathematics, and where the user is concerned about typographic quality. TeX software offers both writers and publishers the opportunity to produce technical text of all kinds, in an attractive form, with the speed and efficiency of a computer system. Novice and expert users alike will gain from The TeXbook the level of information they seek. Knuth warns newcomers away from the more difficult areas, while he entices experienced users with new challenges. The novice need not learn much about TeX to p...