Programming Camp Syllabus

BasicGeometry/EuclideanGeometryordinateGeometry/[3D
variants
ofeverything].
1.ComputationalGeometry.
GrahamScanalgorithmforConvexHullO(n*log(n)).
a.Onlineconstructionof3DconvexhullinO(n^2).
b.BentleyOttmannalgorithmtolistallintersectionpointsofnlinesegmentsinO((n+I)
*logn).
SuggestedReading
1.http://softsurfer.com/Archive/algorithm_0108/algorithm_0108.htm
c.RotatingCalipersTechnique.
SuggestedReading
http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~orm/rotcal.html
ProblemsReferthearticleforalistofproblemswhichcanbesolvedusing
RotatingCaliperstechnique.
d.LineSweep/PlaneSweepalgorithms
Area/PerimeterofUnionofRectangles.
Closestpairofpoints.
SuggestedReading
1.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=lineSweep
ProblemsFollowthetutorialforlistofproblems.
e.AreaofUnionofCircles.
f.DelaunayTriangulationofnpointsinO(n*logn).
g.VoronoiDiagramsofnpointsinO(n*logn)usingFortunesalgorithm.
h.Pointinapolygonproblem
O(n)solutionwithoutpreprocessing.
O(logn)algorithmwithO(n*logn)preprocessingforconvexpolygons.
i.Problemsoncomputationalgeometry
BSHEEP
,
BULK
,
SEGVIS
,
CONDUIT
,
RUNAWAY
,
DIRVS
,
RAIN1
,
SHAMAN
,
TCUTTER
,
LITEPIPE
,
RHOMBS
,
FSHEEP
,
FLBRKLIN
,
CERC07P
,
BAC
,
ALTARS
,
CERC07C
,
NECKLACE
,
CH3D
,
RECTANGL
,
POLYSSQ
,
FOREST2
,
KPPOLY
,
RAIN2
,
SEGMENTS
,
ARCHPLG
,
BALLOON
,
CIRCLES
,
COMPASS
,
EOWAMRT
,
ICERINK
onSPOJ.
CultureGrowth
,
PolygonCover
onTopcoder.
j.SuggestedReading
ComputationalGeometry:Algorithmsandapplications.MarkDeBurg.
TobeDonetill6thmay.
2.StringAlgorithm
.
a.KnuthMorrisPrat
talgorithm
.
ProblemsNHAY,PERIODonSPOJ.
SuggestedReading
1.CormenchapteronStrings.
2.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=stringSearching
b.AhoCorasickalgorithm.
ProblemsWPUZZLESonSPOJ.
c.SuffixArrays
O(n^2*logn)Naivemethodofsuffixarrayconstruction
O(n*logn^2)methodofsuffixarrayconstruction
O(n*logn)methodofsuffixarrayconstruction.
O(n)meth
odofsuffixarrayconstruction
O(n)LCApreprocessonSuffixArraystosolveavarietyofstringproblems.
d.SuffixTrees
O(n)constructionofSuffixtreesusingUkkononsalgorithm.
O(n)constructionofSuffixTreesifprovidedwithSuffixArraysusing
Farachsalgorithm.
e.SuffixAutomata
O(n)SuffixAutomatonconstruction.
f.DictionaryOfBasicFactors
O(n*logn)methodofDBFconstructionusingRadixSort.
g.Manachersalgorithm
tofindlengthofpalindromicsubstringofastringcenteredata
positionforeachpositioninthestring.Runtime>O(n).
h.SearchingandpreprocessingRegularExpressionsconsistingof?,*.
i.Multidimensionalpatternmatching.
j.ProblemsonStrings[canbesolvedwithavarietyoftechniques]
DISUBSTR
,
PLD
,
MSTRING
,
REPEATS
,
JEWELS
,
ARCHIVER
,
PROPKEY
,
LITELANG
,
EMOTICON
,
WORDS
,
AMCODES
,
UCODES
,
PT07H
,
MINSEQ
,
TOPALIN
,
BWHEELER
,
BEADS
,
SARRAY
,
LCS
,
LCS2
,
SUBST1
,
PHRASES
,
PRETILE
onSPOJ
http://www.algorithmist.com/index.php/Category:String_algorithms
Till11may.
3.BasicGraphs[beginner]
.
a.Representationofgraphsasadjacencylist,adjacencymatrix,incidencematrixandedge
listandusesofdifferentrepresentationsindifferentscenarios.
b.BreadthFirstSearch.
problems
1.PPATH
,
ONEZERO
,
WATER
onSPOJ
c.DepthFirstSearch.
d.StronglyConnectedComponents.
problems
1.TOURand
BOTTOM
onSPOJ.
e.BiconnectedComponents,Findingarticulationpointsandbridges].
problems
1.RELINETS
,
PT07A
onSPOJ.
f.Dijkstraalgorithm
problems
1.SHPATH
onSPOJ.
g.FloydWarshallalgorithm
problems
1.COURIER
onSPOJ.
h.MinimumSpanningTree
problems
1.BLINNET
onSPOJ.
i.Floodfillalgorithm
j.Topologicalsort
k.BellmanFordalgorithm.
l.EulerTour/Path.
problems
WORDS1
onSPOJ.
m.SuggestedreadingformostofthetopicsinGraphalgorithms
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=graphsDataStrucs1
.
Alsorefertothetutorialforproblemsconcerningthesetechniques.
Cormenchapter22to24.
Till13may.(beforecomingiitkitshouldbedone:))
4.Flownetworks/matchingetcetc.[Intermediate/Advanced].
a.MaximumflowusingFordFulkersonMethod.
SuggestedReading
1.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=maxFlow
problems
TAXI
,
POTHOLE
,
IM
,
QUEST4
,
MUDDY
,
EN
,
CABLETV
,
STEAD
,
NETADMIN
,
COCONUTS
,
OPTM
onSPOJ.
b.MaximumflowusingDinicsAlgorithm.
Problems
PROFIT
onspoj.
c.MinimumCostMaximumFlow.
SuccessiveShortestpathalgorithm.
CycleCancellingalgorithm.
SuggestedReading
1.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=minimumCostFlow1
d.MaximumweightedBipartiteMatching(KuhnMunkrasalgorithm/HungarianMethod)
problems
GREED
,
SCITIES
,
TOURS
onSPOJ|
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8143
e.StoerWagnermincutalgorithm.
f.HopcroftKarpbipartitematchingalgorithm.
1.problems
ANGELS
onSPOJ.
g.Maximummatchingingeneralgraph(blossomshrinking)
h.GomoryHuTrees.aa
i)Problems
MCQUERY
onSpoj.
i.ChinesePostmanProblem.
problems
http://acm.uva.es/archive/nuevoportal/data/problem.php?p=4039
SuggestedReading
http://eie507.eie.polyu.edu.hk/sssubmission/B7a/
j.SuggestedReadingforthefullcategory>
NetworkflowAlgorithmsandApplicationsbyAhuja
Cormenbookchapter25.
Till20thmay.
5.DynamicProgramming.
a.SuggestedReadingDynamicProgramming(DP)asatabulationmethod
CormenchapteronDP
b.Standardproblems(youshouldreallyfeelcomfortablewiththesetypes)
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8570&rd=12012&rm=269199&cr=7581406
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10765&rd=14183
c.Statespacereduction
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8605&rd=12012&rm=269199&cr=7581406
d.Solvinginthereverseeasiercharacterizationslookingfromtheend
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/MUSKET
e.Counting/optimizingarrangementssatisfyingsomespecifiedproperties
9
Strategiesandexpectedvalues
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10765&rd=14183
f.DPonprobabilityspaces
g.DPontrees
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_solution&rm=266678&rd=10958&pm=8266&cr=7581406
h.DPwithdatastructures
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/INCSEQ/
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/INCDSEQ/
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/LIS2/
i.SymmetriccharacterizationofDPstate
j.Agoodcollectionofproblems
http://codeforces.com/blog/entry/325
http://problemclassifier.appspot.com/index.jsp?search=dp&usr=
Till28thmay.
6.Greedy.
a.SuggestedReading
ChapteronGreedyalgorithmsinCormen.
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=greedyAlg
b.problemsrefertothetopcodertutorial.
7.NumberTheory.
a.Modulusarithmeticbasicpostulates[Includingmodularlinearequations,Continued
fractionandPell'sequation]
SuggestedReading
1.Chapter1fromNumberTheoryforComputingbySYYan[Recommended]
2.31.1,31.3and31.4fromCormen
3.www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=primeNumbers
Problems
1.http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=64
4.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=6408&rd=9826
5.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=2342
b.Fermat'stheorem,EulerTotienttheorem(totientfunction,order,primitiveroots)
SuggestedReading
1.1.6,2.2fromNumberTheorybySYYan
2.31.6,31.7fromCormen
Problems
2.http://www.spoj.pl/problems/NDIVPHI/
c.Chineseremaindertheorem
SuggestedReading
1.31.5fromCormen
2.1.6fromNumberTheorybySYYan
Problems
1.ProjectEuler271
d.Primalitytests
DeterministicO(sqrt(n))approach
ProbabilisticprimalitytestsFermatprimalitytest,MillerRabinPrimalitytest
1.SuggestedReading
a.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=primalityTesting
b.Cormen31.8
c.2.2fromNumberTheorybySYYan
2.Problems
a.PON,PRIC,SOLSTRASonSPOJ
b.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=4515
e.PrimegenerationtechniquesSieveofErastothenes
SuggestedProblemsPRIME1onSPOJ
f.GCDusingeuclideanmethod
SuggestedReading
1.31.2Cormen
Problems
1.GCDonSPOJ
2.http://uva.onlinejudge.org/external/114/11424.html
g.LogarithmicExponentiation
SuggestedReading
1.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=primalityTesting
h.IntegerFactorization
NaiveO(sqrt(n))method
PollardRhofactorization
SuggestedReading
1.2.3fromNumberTheorySYYan
2.31.9Cormen
Problems
2.http://www.spoj.pl/problems/DIVSUM2/
i.Stirlingnumbers
j.Wilsontheorem
nCr%pinO(p)preprocessandO(logn)query
k.LucasTheorem
l.SuggestedReadingforNumberTheory
NumbertheoryforcomputingbySongYYan[Simplebookdescribingconceptsin
details]
ConceptsarealsosuperficiallycoveredinChapter31ofIntroductiontoAlgorithms
byCormen
http://www.codechef.com/wiki/tutorialnumbertheory
http://www.algorithmist.com/index.php/Category:Number_Theory
m.ProblemsonNumberTheory
http://www.algorithmist.com/index.php/Category:Number_Theory
http://problemclassifier.appspot.com/index.jsp?search=number&usr=
Till6thjune.
8.Math(Probability,Counting,GameTheory,GroupTheory,Generatingfunctions,Permutation
Cycles,LinearAlgebra)
a.Probability.
Syllabus
BasicprobabilityandConditionalprobability
1.Suggestedproblems
a.http://www.spoj.pl/problems/CT16E/
b.http://www.spoj.pl/problems/CHICAGO/
Randomvariables,probabilitygeneratingfunctions
Mathematicalexpectation+Linearityofexpectation
1.Suggestedproblems
a.http://www.spoj.pl/problems/FAVDICE/
Specialdiscreteandcontinuousprobabilitydistributions
1.Bernoulli,Binomial,Poisson,normaldistribution
2.SuggestedProblem
a.http://acm.sgu.ru/problem.php?contest=0&problem=498
SuggestedReadings
1.CormenappendixC(verybasic)
2.Topcoderprobabiltytutorial
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=probabilities
3.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_variable
4.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_value
5.WilliamFeller,Anintroductiontoprobabilitytheoryanditsapplications
b.Counting
Syllabus
BasicprinciplesPigeonholeprinciple,addition,multiplicationrules
1.Suggestedproblems
a.http://acm.timus.ru/problem.aspx?space=1&num=1690
3.Suggestedreadings
a.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_principles
b.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=combinatorics
c.http://www.maa.org/editorial/knot/pigeonhole.html
Inclusionexclusion
1.Suggestedreadings
a.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusionexclusion_principle
2.Suggestedproblems
a.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=4463&rd=6536
Specialnumbers
1.SuggestedreadingStirling,eurlerian,harmonic,bernoulli,fibonnacci
numbers
a.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_number
b.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulerian_numbers
c.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(mathematics)
d.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli_number
e.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonnaci_numbers
f.ConcretemathematicsbyKnuth
2.Suggestedproblems
a.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=1643
b.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8202&rd=11125
c.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8725
d.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=2292&rd=10709
AdvancedcountingtechniquesPolyacounting,burnsideslemma
1.Suggestedreading
a.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside's_lemma
b.http://petrmitrichev.blogspot.com/2008/11/burnsideslemma.html
2.SuggestedProblems
a.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=9975
b.http://www.spoj.pl/problems/TRANSP/
c.Gametheory
Syllabus
BasicprinciplesandNimgame
1.Spraguegrundytheorem,grundynumbers
2.Suggestedreadings
a.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprague%E2%80%93Grundy_theorem
b.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=algorithmGames
c.http://www.ams.org/samplings/featurecolumn/fcarcgames1
d.http://www.codechef.com/wiki/tutorialgametheory
3.Suggestedproblems
a.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=3491&rd=6517
b.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=3491&rd=6517
Hackenbush
1.Suggestedreadings
a.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackenbush
b.http://www.ams.org/samplings/featurecolumn/fcarcpartizan1
2.Suggestedproblems
a.http://www.cs.caltech.edu/ipsc/problems/g.html
b.http://www.spoj.pl/problems/PT07A/
d.LinearAlgebra
Syllabus
MatrixOperations
1.Additionandsubtractionofmatrices
a.SuggestedReading
i.Cormen28.1
2.Multiplication(Strassen'salgorithm),logarithmicexponentiation
a.Suggestedreading
i.Cormen28.2
ii. LinearAlgebrabyKennethHoffmanSection1.6
b.Problems
i.http://uva.onlinejudge.org/external/111/11149.html
3.Matrixtransformations[Transpose,RotationofMatrix,RepresentingLinear
transformationsusingmatrix]
a.SuggestedReading
i.LinearAlgebraByKennethHoffmanSection3.1,3.2,3.4,3.7
b.Problems
i.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=6877
ii. JPIXonSpoj
4.Determinant,RankandInverseofMatrix[GausseanElimination,GaussJordan
Elimination]
a.SuggestedReading
i.28.4Cormen
ii. LinearAlgebrabyKennethChapter1
b.Problems
ii. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=6407&rd=9986
iii. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8587
iv. HIGHonSpoj
5.Solvingsystemoflinearequations
a.SuggestedReading
i.28.3Cormen
ii. LinearAlgebrabyKennethChapter1
b.Problems
i.http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=3942&rd=6520
6.Usingmatrixexponentiationtosolverecurrences
a.SuggestedReading
i.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=features&d2=010408
b.Problems
i.REC,RABBIT1,PLHOPonspoj
ii. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=6386,
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=7262,
7.EigenvaluesandEigenvectors
a.Problems
Polynomials
1.Rootsofapolynomial[Primefactorizationofapolynomial,Integerrootsof
apolynomial,Allrealrootsofapolynomial]
a.Problems
ii. POLYEQ,ROOTCIPHonSpoj
2.LagrangeInterpolation
a.Problems
ii. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8725
e.Permutationcycles
SuggestedReading
1.ArtofComputerProgrammingbyKnuthVol.3
Problems
1.ShuffleMethod,PermutationandWordGameontopcoder.
f.GroupTheory
BurnsideLemma,Polyastheorem
1.SuggestedReading
a.Hernstein'stopicsinalgebra
b.http://petrmitrichev.blogspot.com/2008/11/burnsideslemma.html
2.Problems
a.TRANSPonspoj
b.Generatingfunctions
SuggestedReading
1.HerbertWilf'sgeneratingfunctionology/
2.RobertSedgewickandFlajoulet'sCombinatorialanalysis
9.DataStructures.
i.Basic
a.Arrays/Stacks/Queues:
Problems
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/STPAR/
2.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/SHOP/
3.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/WATER/
Reading:
1.CLRS:section10.1
2.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=dataStructures
b.Singly/DoublyLinkedList:
Problems
1.h
ttps://www.spoj.pl/problems/POSTERS/
Reading:CLRS:section10.2,MarkAllenWeiesChapter3
c.HashTables:
Problems
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/HASHIT/
2.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/CUCKOO/
Reading:CLRS:Chapter11,MarkAllenWeiesChapter5
d.Circularlinkedlist/queue
Problems
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/CTRICK/
e.Binary/naryTrees
Reading
1.CLRS:section10.4
2.CLRS:Chapter12
3.MarkAllenWeiesChapter4
4.h
ttp://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=binarySearchRedBlack
f.Heaps
Problems
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/PRO/
2.h
ttps://www.spoj.pl/problems/EXPEDI/
Reading:MarkAllenWeiesChapter6
ii.Advanced
a.Trie(Keywordtre
Problems
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/MORSE/
2.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/EMOTICON/
Reading
b.Intervaltrees/SegmentTrees
Problems
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/ORDERS/
2.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/FREQUENT/
Reading
c.Fenwick(BinaryIndexed)trees
Problems
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/MATSUM/
Reading:
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=binaryIndexedTrees
d.Disjointdatastructures
Problems
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/BLINNET/
2.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/CHAIN/
Reading:
1.
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=disjointDataStructure
2.MarkAllenWeiesChapter8
e.RangeminimumQuery(RMQ)
Problems
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/GSS1/
Reading
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=lowestCommonAncestor
f.Customizedinterval/segmenttrees(AugmentedDS)
Problems
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/GSS3/
2.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/RRSCHED/
Reading:CLRS:Chapter14(augmentedDS)
g.AVLTrees
Problems
1.
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/ORDERS/
Reading
iii.Miscellaneous(Nottobecovered)
a.SplayTrees
b.B/B+Trees
c.kdTrees
d.RedblackTrees
e.SkipList
f.Binomial/Fibonacciheaps
iv.Exercices
1.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/LAZYPROG
/(Hint:Heaps)t
2.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/HELPR2D2/
(Hint:IntervalTrees)
3.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/SAM/
(Hint:Heaps)
4.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/PRHYME/
(Hint:Trie)
5.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/HEAPULM/
(Hint:IntervalTrees)
6.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/CORNET/
(Hint:Disjoint)
7.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/EXPAND/
8.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/WPUZZLES/
9.https://www.spoj.pl/problems/LIS2/
10. SearchTechniques/Bruteforcewritingtechniques/Randomizedalgorithms.
a.Backtracking[Beginner].
problems>
1.Nqueensproblems
2.KnightsTour
3.SudokuProblem
4.TilingProblem.
5.15puzzle.
b.DancingLinksandAlgorithmXgivenbyKnuth[Advanced]
problemsPRLGAME,SUDOKU,NQUEENonSPOJ
Suggestedreading
1.http://wwwcsfaculty.stanford.edu/~uno/papers/dancingcolor.ps.gz
c.BinarySearch[Beginner].
problemsAGGRCOWonSPOJ.Referthetutorialformoreproblems.
findingallrealrootsofapolynomialusingbinarysearch.[intermediate].
SuggestedReading
1.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=binarySearch
d.TernarySearch[Intermediate].
problems
1.http://www.spoj.pl/problems/KPPOLY/
2.http://www.codechef.com/DEC09/problems/K1/
e.Meetinthemiddle[Intermediate].
problems
1.http://www.spoj.pl/problems/MAXISET/
2.HillClimbing[Advanced].
f.RegularIterationtoreachafixedpoint[Advanced].
NewtonRaphsonmethodtofindrootofamathematicalfunction.
Iterationstosolvelinearnonhomogeneoussystemofequations.
Generalprogrammingissuesincontests
>
g.ArithmeticPrecision[Beginner].
SuggestedReading
1.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=integersReals
h.Representingsetswithbitmasksandmanipulatingbitmasks[Beginner].
SuggestedReading
1.http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=bitManipulation
problemsrefertothetutoriallinkinSuggestedreadingsection.

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