Algorithms course material
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Algorithms course material
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Re: Algorithms course material
#2I stumbled upon this today... The page has a link to everything.pdf (http://compgeom.cs.uiuc.edu/~jeffe/teaching/algorithms/every...) which is an 765 page pdf & covers all the material from the course. It can also be a good reference/text book for a self-taught algorithms course.
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#3Much inadvertent wisdom in this: If you're a student, you will (usually) learn more from trying to solve a problem and failing than by reading the answer.
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#4In case you didn't make the connection, this material is by the professor who wrote the recently posted article: "Getting into a PhD program with a low GPA". His undergraduate GPA was a 2.4/4.0, according to his website.
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#5Good link - I had Jeff for algorithms a couple years ago and he's a dedicated and passionate teacher.
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#6Good link - I had Jeff for algorithms a couple years ago and he's a dedicated and passionate teacher.
+1
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#7"Am I writing a textbook? No. All textbooks suck. (Partly that's because of the unethical rapacious profitable business practices of (most) textbook publishers—these notes will always be freely available."
excellent!
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#8Much inadvertent wisdom in this: If you're a student, you will (usually) learn more from trying to solve a problem and failing than by reading the answer.
Inadvertent?
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#9What is a good book for learning about this subject? Knuth's? Any other recommendations?
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#10What is a good book for learning about this subject? Knuth's? Any other recommendations?
_Introduction to Algorithms_ (aka "CLRS")
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-Third-Thomas-C...