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There's some speculation about where the next breakthroughs will come from at the end of the chapter; it will be interesting to look back in 10-20 years and see if Knuth was correct.
Proponents of RSA, DHE crypto - take note.
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Well, he has accepted electronic versions of his book. It's unfortunate that all but the pdf versions don't meet his standards: "Note: However, I have personally approved ONLY the PDF versions of these books. Beware of glitches in the ePUB and Kindle versions, etc., which cannot be faithful to my intentions because of serious deficiencies in those alternative formats." I prefer electronic books simply because they ta…
To be fair, books on PDF are electronic books. Kindles don't handle them well, but tablets do. Also, I agree with him! ePUB and Kindle markup/typesetting just don't look as good yet, and they certainly can't handle complex mathematics with any amount of grace.
Pdfs on current generation kindles (300dpi) look great, actually, as long as they are computer-generated. Scanned documents can be hit-or-miss, though.
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One click to download, two double-clicks (one for the gzip, one for the PS) to open on my Mac.
I can automate it for you... :)
ps.gz? It's 2015!
Chapter 7 will eventually fill at least four volumes . . . assuming that I'm able to remain healthy. Apparently TAOCP has a lot in common with the Wheel of Time. I have a ton of respect for these huge, decades-long, life-defining projects and the people who undertake them (Robert Caro's LBJ biography is another example.) So the end of this project always receding further into the distance makes me wistful, even if th…
Also, is there a condensed version of his work that preserves the spirit and rigor?
ps.gz? It's 2015!
I am not sure how it is related to 2015. I actually prefer a ps file that I can render to a PDF easily instead a Javascript heavy messy website where everything is distracting you from the content. On the top of that Knuth invented Tex to be able to write scientific documentations with ease[1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX
On the other hand, it's Knuth and TAOCP, so I can't really complain much.