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Algorithms in Competitive Programming: Maths Puzzles I
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Algorithms in Competitive Programming: Maths Puzzles I

Covering algorithms used in maths problems from beginner level to intermidiate level
Created byKeyi Huang
Last updated 6/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • Common algorithms used in algebra problems
  • Practice algorithm questions from popular online coding competitions
  • Thorough understanding on the correctness and efficiency of the algorithms
  • Look at algorithms from a mathematical point of view
  • Implement these algorithms yourself or with a bit of guidance

Coding Exercises

This course includes our updated coding exercises so you can practice your skills as you learn.

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Course content

7 sections21 lectures1h 39m total length
  • Introduction: How does the course work?3:50
  • Introduction : Reviewing Time-Space Complexity4:07
  • Short quiz!!: time-space complexity
  • More examples on time-space complexity5:24

    In this short lecture, we will be working through 2 examples on how to compute time&space complexity.

  • Short quiz!!: time-space complexity

Requirements

  • Basic C++ knowledge
  • Understand middle school level mathematics
  • Knows basic algorithms including sorting
  • Eagerness to learn!

Description

This is a series of courses on popular algorithms used especially in the field of competitive programming!

Competitive programming is a mental sport that tests students on a variety of logical or mathematical problems, and the use of algorithms is essential in improving the efficiency of your solution.

The aim of competitive programming is to write source code of computer programs that are able to solve given problems. Typical such tasks belong to one of the following categories: combinatorics, number theory, graph theory, algorithmic game theory, computational geometry, string analysis, and data structures.

This course focuses not only on the implementation of algorithms but also on the mathematics behind these algorithms since they are requisite in understanding the correctness and efficiency of the algorithms. Specifically, rigid proofs for algorithms will be covered in this series of lectures.

Here, we will be starting with maths puzzles, where the link to mathematics is the most apparent! Hope you will be learning something useful in this course!

If you find this course intriguing or you want to learn more about competitive programming algorithms, please look forward to future addition to the series!

A typical course structure is as follows:

- Problem description

- A naive approach

- Introducing the algorithm

- Mathematical proof of the correctness and efficiency of the algorithm

- A sample problem

- Short quiz

- Hands-on practice

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner level/ Intermediate level students