Kenneth H. Rosen
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Kenneth H. Rosen is a notable author
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 and mathematician
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. His interests include discrete mathematics
Discrete mathematics
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 and number theory
Number theory
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. He is the successful author of several books including Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, McGraw-Hill. He holds degrees in mathematics from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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 Ann Arbor and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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. He has published several articles in the areas of number theory and mathematical modeling. He is currently a distinguished member of the technical staff at AT&T Labs
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 in Middletown, New Jersey and chief editor of the Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics, published by CRC Press. At AT&T Labs
AT&T Labs
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, some of his major contributions are in the areas of multimedia, including video communications, speech recognition, and image networking.
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