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The whole book is pretty fascinating, "Mathematics for Computer Science" by Lehman and Leighton: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spring10/cos433/ma
by sillysaurus3 12y ago
The whole book is pretty fascinating, "Mathematics for Computer Science" by Lehman and Leighton: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spring10/cos433/mathcs.pdf http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spring10/cos433/...
The formula came from section 17.3.2, which goes into detail about how to derive it.
- obfuskater 12y agoThanks. I like the way they introduce what a proof is in chapter 1, I feel like they have a good, subtle sense of humor. I don't have a mathematical background so it might be a tough read for me, but it seems like a great resource.