This text, extensively class-tested over a decade at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego, explains the fundamentals of algorithms in a story line that makes the material enjoyable and easy to digest.
Emphasis is placed on understanding the crisp mathematical idea behind each algorithm, in a manner that is intuitive and rigorous without being unduly formal.
Features include: The use of boxes to strengthen the narrative: pieces that provide historical context, descriptions of how the algorithms are used in practice, and excursions for the mathematically sophisticated.
Carefully chosen advanced topics that can be skipped in a standard one-semester course, but can be covered in an advanced algorithms course or in a more leisurely two-semester sequence.
An accessible treatment of linear programming introduces students to one of the greatest achievements in algorithms.
An optional chapter on the quantum algorithm for factoring provides a unique peephole into this exciting topic.
In addition to the text, Das Gupta also offers a Solutions Manual, which is available on the Online Learning Center.
Algorithms is an outstanding undergraduate text, equally informed by the historical roots and contemporary applications of its subject.
Like a captivating novel, it is a joy to read.
Tim Roughgarden Stanford University.
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Mcgraw-hill Education Algorithms, paperback/sanjoy dasgupta
