MITEECS6.006

Introduction to Algorithms

planned·~168 hours total

Professors

Erik Demaine
Jason Ku
Justin Solomon

Textbook

Introduction to Algorithms (CLRS)
Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein · 4th · ISBN 9780262046305

Prerequisites

6.0001 — Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python
6.042J — Mathematics for Computer Science

Materials

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MIT's flagship algorithms course. Data structures, sorting, hashing, graphs, dynamic programming, shortest paths. The 2020 version (Demaine + Ku + Solomon) is the recommended one on OCW. Pairs with CLRS.