Textbook

This course will involve reading assignments and homework exercises from the textbook The Algorithm Design Manual by Steven Skiena. This book is required, and it's the sort of book you'll probably want to keep to refer to in subsequent courses and software projects. For any of you who are especially interested in this subject, I recommend a more advanced book, Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein. I may also give out other reading assignments by email or in journals.

I hope to cover about two thirds of the textbook this semester, so you need to read about 10 pages per lecture, on average. Make time in your weekly schedule for this!