“If you think you’re a really good programmer… read [Knuth’s] Art of Computer Programming… You should definitely send me a resume if you can read the whole thing.”
Bill Gates
Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)
This book introduces the mathematics that supports advanced computer programming and the analysis of algorithms. The primary aim of its well-known authors is to provide a solid and relevant base of mathematical skills – the skills needed to solve complex problems, to evaluate horrendous sums, and to discover subtle patterns in data. It is an indispensable text and reference not only for computer scientists – the authors themselves rely heavily on it! – but for serious users of mathematics in virtually every discipline.