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The Courant-Robbins book is good but I wouldn't actually suggest it for beginners, it's harder than necessary in many topics. Concrete mathematics is great but
by frostburg 8y ago
The Courant-Robbins book is good but I wouldn't actually suggest it for beginners, it's harder than necessary in many topics.
Concrete mathematics is great but not something you could suggest to, for example, a biologist or medical doctor that wants a deeper understanding of some aspect of mathematics. It's (explicitly) meant for computer science.
- kayuri 8y agoI've read it in high school and was truly fascinated with which elegance and simplicity the book approached some of the most complex math problems. Of course it just scratched the surface but partially because of this book I chose the Math Department. And our school teacher recommended Courant-Robbins to all the students in a class, many of which actually joined Math Dept too. So, it might be not just me. :)