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A number of practice problems will be posted on the Web periodically with their solutions. First read the textbook, your notes, practice with the problems we did in class, and then and only then try to solve these problems. Look at the solutions only when you exhaust all other alternatives.
The programming assignment (mini-project) will be posted in the Handouts section. Solutions are not ordinarily provided however.
Note. The exams listed here are provided as are. Neither the instructor nor the assistant (also known, if available, as TA, grader) is obliged in any way to discuss solutions of the problems of these exams. Some links might be broken because files got erased. You are on your own. There is no guarantee that the coming exams will be in any way similar to those posted here. There are things that change every semester (eg. snow days, duration of class, syllabus, etc) Moreover, the structure of the class may be different eg. 90 minute lectures twice a week versus 3-hour lectures once a week.
DISCLAIMER: The included material DOES NOT substitute the textbook for this class. It should be used in conjunction with the textbook and the material presented in class. If a statement in these "notes" seems to be incorrect, report it to the instructor so that it be fixed immediately. These "notes" are distributed to the students of CS435 offered in Spring/Fall at the New Jersey Institute of Technology; distribution outside this group of students is prohibited. The material below will be uploaded in due time; an upload message will appear as soon as the corresponding document is uploaded. Bugs and Errata in CLRS 3rd edition (aka textbook). For the previous edition of the textbook i.e. CLRS 2e, Errata for CLRS2e. If you want to compare the two editions, a helpful but NOT complete, chapter comparison between CLRS2e and CLRS3e. Google and sorting 1,000,000 integers Read a snippet from a NY Times articles (Sunday December 2, 2007). Relevant text is underlined. Note that the pdf file is quite long (close to 3 megabytes) and you might have to rotate it counterclockwise. Local copy of NY Times article. The article is also available at the NY Times site.