# Donald Knuth (@donald-knuth)

Donald Knuth is a computer scientist and Stanford professor emeritus known for rigorous analysis of algorithms, the multi-volume The Art of Computer Programming, and the TeX and METAFONT digital typography systems.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Donald Knuth's public record._

## Topics

- [Analysis of Algorithms](/@donald-knuth/analysis-of-algorithms.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The Art of Computer Programming](/@donald-knuth/art-of-computer-programming.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [TeX and METAFONT](/@donald-knuth/tex-and-metafont.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://profiles.stanford.edu/donald-knuth
- blog: https://engineering.stanford.edu/about/history/heroes/2011-heroes/donald-knuth
- blog: https://cs.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html
- blog: https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanfords-don-knuth-pioneering-hero-computer-programming

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "donald-knuth", "question": "…"}`.