The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms (1969)

Indeholder "Preface", "Preface to the Second Edition", "Notes on the Exercises", "Chapter 3. Random Numbers", " 3.1. Introduction", " 3.2. Generating Uniform Random Numbers", " 3.2.1. The Linear Congruential Method", " 3.2.1.1. Choice of modulus", " 3.2.1.2. Choice of multiplier", " 3.2.1.3. Potency", " 3.2.2. Other Methods", " 3.3. Statistical Tests", " 3.3.1. General Test Procedures for Studying Random Data", " 3.3.2. Empirical Tests", " 3.3.3* Theoretical Tests", " 3.3.4. The Spectral Test", " 3.4. Other Types of Random Quantities", " 3.4.1. Numerical Distributions", " 3.4.2. Random Sampling and Shuffling", " 3.5* What Is a Random Sequence?", " 3.6. Summary", "Chapter 4. Arithmetic", " 4.1. Positional Number Systems", " 4.2. Floating Point Arithmetic", " 4.2.1. Single-Precision Calculations", " 4.2.2. Accuracy of Floating Point Arithmetic", " 4.2.3* Double-Precision Calculations", " 4.2.4. Distribution of Floating Point Numbers", " 4.3. Multiple Precision Arithmetic", " 4.3.1. The Classical Algorithms", " 4.3.2* Modular Arithmetic", " 4.3.3* How Fast Can We Multiply?", " 4.4. Radix Conversion", " 4.5. Rational Arithmetic", " 4.5.1. Fractions", " 4.5.1. The Greatest Common Divisor", " 4.5.3* Analysis of Euclid's Algorithm", " 4.5.1. Factoring into Primes", " 4.6. Polynomial Arithmetic", " 4.6.1. Division of Polynomials", " 4.6.2* Factorization of Polynomials", " 4.6.3. Evaluation of Powers", " 4.6.4. Evaluation of Polynomials", " 4.7* Manipulation of Power Series", "Answers to Exercises", "Appendix A. Tables of Numerical Quantities", " 1. Fundamental Constants (decimal)", " 2. Fundamental Constants (octal)", " 3. Harmonic Numbers, Bernoulli Numbers, Fibonacci Numbers", "Appendix B. Index to Notations", "Index and Glossary".

Mesteren selv fortæller hvordan man bør programmere. Heldigvis har folkene bag Mathematica, Maple og lignende programmer læst på lektien, så vi andre ikke behøver være helt så skarpe. ( )

I used this volume less than Fundamental Algorithms, and Sorting and Searching, but it still saved me hours and hours of work, more than once. ( )

Difficult, instructive, intelligent, amusing and brain-numbing - all rolled-in-to-one in this classic of CS. Buy it, read a page at a sitting and savor it - this is a book read over 5 years. ( )