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Cormen et.al. is a great algorithms textbook, but I'm wondering in what world does it pass as a quick reference?
by fabianholzer 4y ago
Cormen et.al. is a great algorithms textbook, but I'm wondering in what world does it pass as a quick reference?
- commandlinefan 4y agoWhat I hated about that book is that it's full of exercises (good!) but no answers are provided (bad!). I really don't understand the mentality behind providing such good exercises with no way to check your answers - and they're not the kind of problems that you can verify your answer to, either.
- wheelinsupial 4y agoThey have started providing some answers: https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/books_pres_0/11599/selected-solutions.pdf https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/b... There are other sources on the web with answers. For example, https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~ajl213/CLRS/CLRS.html https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~ajl213/CLRS/CLRS.html Often you can find some solutions to problem sets on course pages that use the book. I agree that it would be better to provide solutions, but not all textbooks are written to be used in self-study. I don't know enough about CS to offer up any concrete recommendations, but there are math books that come with worked problems (e.g., https://www.springer.com/series/3423 https://www.springer.com/series/3423) and other math books that don't have worked problems (https://www.springer.com/series/666 https://www.springer.com/series/666).
- 62951413 4y agoI have always thought that Robert Sedgewick's books are better in this respect (https://sedgewick.io/books/algorithms/ https://sedgewick.io/books/algorithms/). And for interview preparation too.