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Donald Knuth
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American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)

Also known as: Donald E. Knuth, D.E.K., Don Knuth, Donald Ervin Knuth, Knuth, Дональд Эрвин Кнут

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Known works

  • Concrete mathematics
  • The art of computer programming
  • METAFONT (1986)
  • Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (2001)
  • The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2