The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP) is a comprehensive monograph written by computer scientist Donald Knuth that covers many kinds of programming algorithms and their analysis. Knuth began the project, originally conceived as a single book with twelve chapters, in 1962.
Varga. In January 1962, when he was a graduate student in the mathematics department at Caltech, Knuth was approached by Addison-Wesley to write a book about compiler design, and he proposed a larger scope.
In the summer of 1962 he worked on a FORTRAN compiler for UNIVAC.
After receiving his PhD in June 1963, he began working on his manuscript, of which he finished his first draft in June 1965, at hand-written pages.
After receiving his PhD in June 1963, he began working on his manuscript, of which he finished his first draft in June 1965, at hand-written pages.
The first three volumes of what was then expected to be a seven-volume set were published in 1968, 1969, and 1973.
First edition, 1968, xxi+634pp, . Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms.
The first three volumes of what was then expected to be a seven-volume set were published in 1968, 1969, and 1973.
First edition, 1969, xi+624pp, . Volume 3: Sorting and Searching.
The first three volumes of what was then expected to be a seven-volume set were published in 1968, 1969, and 1973.
Work began in earnest on Volume 4 in 1973, but was suspended in 1977 for work on typesetting.
First edition, 1973, xi+723pp+foldout, .
Second edition, 1973, xxi+634pp, .
Due to the growth in the material, the plan for Volume 4 has since expanded to include Volumes 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and possibly more. In 1976, Knuth prepared a second edition of Volume 2, requiring it to be typeset again, but the style of type used in the first edition (called hot type) was no longer available.
Work began in earnest on Volume 4 in 1973, but was suspended in 1977 for work on typesetting.
In 1977, he decided to spend some time creating something more suitable.
Second edition, 1981, xiii+ 688pp, .
Third Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), xx+650pp.
Third Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), xiv+762pp.
Second Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1998), xiv+780pp.+foldout.
Second Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1998), pp.
Writing of the final copy of Volume 4A began in longhand in 2001, and the first online pre-fascicle, 2A, appeared later in 2001.
The first published installment of Volume 4 appeared in paperback as Fascicle 2 in 2005. The hardback Volume 4A, combining Volume 4, Fascicles 0–4, was published in 2011.
(Addison-Wesley, 2005-02-14) .
(Addison-Wesley, 2005-02-14) v+127pp, .
(Addison-Wesley, 2005-07-26) vi+150pp, .
(Addison-Wesley, 2006-02-06) vi+120pp, .
(Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008-04-28) vi+240pp, .
(Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009-03-27) viii+260pp, .
The first published installment of Volume 4 appeared in paperback as Fascicle 2 in 2005. The hardback Volume 4A, combining Volume 4, Fascicles 0–4, was published in 2011.
Third Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 2011), 3168pp.
First Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 2011), xv+883pp.
Volume 4, Fascicle 6 ("Satisfiability") was released in December 2015; Volume 4, Fascicle 5 ("Mathematical Preliminaries Redux; Backtracking; Dancing Links") was released in November 2019. Fascicles 5 and 6 are expected to make up the first two-thirds of Volume 4B.
(Addison-Wesley, 2015-12-08) xiii+310pp, .
Volume 4, Fascicle 6 ("Satisfiability") was released in December 2015; Volume 4, Fascicle 5 ("Mathematical Preliminaries Redux; Backtracking; Dancing Links") was released in November 2019. Fascicles 5 and 6 are expected to make up the first two-thirds of Volume 4B.
Near-term publisher estimates put the release date at May or June 2019, which proved to be incorrect. ==History== After winning a Westinghouse Talent Search scholarship, Knuth enrolled at the Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University), where his performance was so outstanding that the faculty voted to award him a master of science upon his completion of the baccalaureate degree.
(Addison-Wesley, 2019-11-22) xiii+382pp, .
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