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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A strong text, but quite formal. Not the most readable. (  ) dpf | Nov 10, 2007 |  (This is a review of the first edition of this book.) This is another one of those rotten books that is difficult to read even when you already know the subject matter backward and forward. One of the book's largest problems is its overuse of notation to the point of fetishization. Good notation is an aid to clarity and thought; the notation in this book is clotted and turgid. The book also contains "applications" that aren't, overcomplicated examples of simple things, and makes the interesting parts dull. Its definition of NP-completeness is nonstandard and its explanation is confusing. Recommended alternative: Introduction to the Theory of Computation, by Michael Sipser. (  ) dominus | Jul 31, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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