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Re:Algorithms by Jeff Erickson (2019) by Apocryphon on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:07PM (#32121461)
So not that dissimilar from CLRS, then. Despite its introductory title it is very dense and voluminous. Almost more like a graduate level reference.

There really needs to be a text that captures the middle ground between CLRS and Grokking Algorithms and I guess this isn’t it.

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Re:Algorithms by Jeff Erickson (2019) by eredengrin on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:03PM (#32121940)
I'm not familiar with Grokking Algorithms, but fwiw the most important prereq at UIUC for 374 is 173, which also happens to have a free textbook[1] written by another UIUC professor, Margaret Fleck. I consider it to be a high quality introduction to discrete math and have good memories of her as a professor as well.

[1] https://mfleck.cs.illinois.edu/building-blocks/updates-fa201...

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Re:Algorithms by Jeff Erickson (2019) by Apocryphon on Saturday July 16, 2022 @05:46PM (#32122272)
Grokking Algorithms is an introductory illustrated book.

https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-algorithms

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Re:Algorithms by Jeff Erickson (2019) by bo1024 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @06:41PM (#32122622)
Perhaps Algorithms Illuminated (Roughgarden).
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