Algorithms Topics

The topic list shows the material of each class and the corresponding chapters of the textbook.
August 24  Course overview     ---
August 26 Introduction Chapter 1
August 31
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Introduction
Math review

Section 2.2
September 2 Asymptotic notation Section 2.1
September 7 Recurrences Chapter 4
September 9
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Recurrences
Heap-Sort

Chapter 7
September 14
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Heap-Sort
Quick-Sort

Sections 8.1-8.3
September 16 Quick-Sort
September 28
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Counting-Sort
Radix-Sort
Section 9.2
Section 9.3
September 30
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Stacks and queues
Binary search trees
Section 11.1
Sections 13.1-13.3
October 5 Binary search trees
October 7 EXAM #1    ---
October 12
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Binary search trees
Disjoint sets

Sections 22.1-22.3
October 14 Disjoint sets
October 19
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Representing graphs
Breadth-first search
Section 23.1
Section 23.2
October 21
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Breadth-first search
Depth-first search

Section 23.3
October 26

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Depth-first search
Topological sort
Spanning trees

Section 23.4
Chapter 24
October 28 Spanning trees
November 2 Dijkstra's shortest paths Section 25.2
November 4 EXAM #2    ---
November 9
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Dijkstra's shortest paths
Shortest paths in DAG

Section 25.4
November 16 Matrix chains Section 16.1
November 18
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Matrix chains
Common subsequence

Section 16.3
November 23 Greedy algorithms Sections 17.1 and 17.2
November 30 NP problems Section 36.2
December 2
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Examples of NP
NP-completeness
Section 36.5
Section 36.3
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