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2018-09-23 · 226 points · 37 comments · 3 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

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    Concrete Mathematics

    Donald Knuth

    1 here · 46 all-time · #98 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2 ratings on Amazon
  2. 1A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics

    A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics

    Jeremy Kun

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1143 overall

  3. 1Topics in Algebra

    Topics in Algebra

    I. N. Herstein

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2194 overall