Algorithms eBook Download

Now, many years later I have to say that I can't think of any algorithm book I've come across that manages to balance theory and concrete solutions so well; and I own quite a few books on algorithms.

Also, for a general book on algorithms, Sedgewick managed to pick a very good mix of topics to cover.

(Also, the typography is very sober and clean, and the illustrations to most of the problems are very clear)


A classic when looking for information about algorithms
When having to solve problems regarding algorithms, this book is one of the frequently used books. It talks about algorithms yet it does not present algorithms, nor does it define algorithm as anything more than a "problem-solving method suitable for implementation as computer programs[p.4]." The reader is left with the challenge of learning to discriminate between what is essential about an algorithm, and how to preserve that in an implementation, versus what is inessential to the algorithm and introduced on account of the implementation and the use of particular programming tools.

I am concerned that this approach, while well-motivated, is not successful. Most of all I encourage development of enough sense of the material in Donald Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming" to be able to read the discussions of algorithms and problems there, even if you never use the particular implementations.


Excellent text on basic algorithms - too bad it's Pascal
This text covers the most useful material presented in Knuth's seminal series, but is much more readable in Pascal than in Knuth's notation, which was based on programming language concepts of the late 60's.

The example code is actually run by the typesetting system to generate the graphs showing the operation or efficiency of the algorithm, so you have a high confidence factor in the example code.

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