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I wish the solutions to the problems in this book were available somewhere.
Here's a previous post on HN with lots of discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18805624
IIRC, he also announced that the top 5% of the class would be automatic (and the only) A+ grades, and the bottom 5% would be automatic F grades. But don't worry, there would inevitably be more F's than that, naturally, so nobody was going to get screwed by that rule.
As the international student base grew, I could imagine pressure from the dean to stop applying or even publicising that grading rule.
(edit: didn't state my assumptions here. The international students pay quite a bit more than in-state resident students. They are more likely to contain the "cream of the crop" from nations like China and India, both considerably larger than Illinois's in-state population. These students are likely to have different expectations coming in, due to the competitive schools they may have come from; and they are more likely to risk "breaking" the 5% threshold for F's)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It does indeed, with the dot on خ being the central dot (repeated once per rotation).
Can you please explain it in detail. I don't know Arabic and can't figure out the pattern. He is born in my country and it would be cool to show the cover to my peers.
The kufic letters are fairly abstract but look for the verticals, there are 9 letters (last 2 are joined, I think, I cannot read it either just looking closely)
ا A
ل l
خ kh
و w
ا a
ر r
ز z
م m
ي i
Please, change title to: "Algorithms by Jeff Erickson, free book (2019)"
The answers to a lot of these are now google-able; you’ll learn more by researching than being spoon fed the solution!
Imagine those of us students back then when google wasn’t a verb yet trying to solve these problems!
> Algorithms by Jeff Erickson (Free algorithms textbook) Please, change title to: "Algorithms by Jeff Erickson, free book (2019)"
From https://jeffe.cs.illinois.edu/teaching/algorithms/hwex.html#... > Please do not ask me for solutions. With very rare exceptions, I will say no, even if you are an instructor. I recognize that my stance limits the utility of these materials, especially for self-learners, but I'm trying to optimize the learning experience of my own students at Illinois. The point of homework is not to solve that particular homewor…
Good ‘ole CS 373, had Erickson back in 2002 and it’s def. a defining course in CS at UIUC. The answers to a lot of these are now google-able; you’ll learn more by researching than being spoon fed the solution! Imagine those of us students back then when google wasn’t a verb yet trying to solve these problems!
From https://jeffe.cs.illinois.edu/teaching/algorithms/hwex.html#... > Please do not ask me for solutions. With very rare exceptions, I will say no, even if you are an instructor. I recognize that my stance limits the utility of these materials, especially for self-learners, but I'm trying to optimize the learning experience of my own students at Illinois. The point of homework is not to solve that particular homewor…