Algorithms by Jeff Erickson
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Algorithms by Jeff Erickson
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#2Does the cover say Al-Khawarizmi, rotated 90 degrees and stamped four times?
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#3In my experience these actually didn’t do a great job of explaining things like dynamic programming. I prefer Kleinberg and Tardos
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#4I wish the solutions to the problems in this book were available somewhere.
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#5From 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 homework problem, but to practice solving a type of problem and get honest feedback on your progress. I've found that when solutions are available, my own students are much more likely to rely on them, rather than trying to figure out the problems themselves, which means they get both less practice and less honest feedback, which means they do worse on exams and in the course overall.
Interesting. I was asked multiple times for solutions to my self-pub ebooks that I relented. I didn't add them initially as I wanted readers to solve by themselves or ask for help if needed (and I did get a few mails, saw one of them asked on stackoverflow as well).
See also https://github.com/tayllan/awesome-algorithms for more learning resources, practice problems, visualizations, etc.
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#6In my experience these actually didn’t do a great job of explaining things like dynamic programming. I prefer Kleinberg and Tardos
I had the opposite experience, though I agree that YMMV. I return to the chapter on Dynamic Programming every time I need to prepare for an interview.
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#7Does the cover say Al-Khawarizmi, rotated 90 degrees and stamped four times?
It does indeed, with the dot on خ being the central dot (repeated once per rotation).
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#9Here's a previous post on HN with lots of discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18805624
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#10Does the cover say Al-Khawarizmi, rotated 90 degrees and stamped four times?
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.