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Graham Scan algorithm for Convex Hull O(n * log(n))

Online construction of 3-D convex hull in O(n^2)
Bentley Ottmann algorithm to list all intersection points of n line segments in O((n + I) * lo
Suggested Reading - http://softsurfer.com/Archive/algorithm_0108/algorithm_0108.ht
Rotating Calipers Technique
Suggested Reading - http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~orm/rotcal.html
Problems - Refer the article for a list of problems which can be solved using Rotating
Calipers technique.
Line Sweep/Plane Sweep algorithms
Area/Perimeter of Union of Rectangles.
Closest pair of points.
Suggested Reading - http://www.topcoder.com/tc?
module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=lineSweep
Problems - Follow the tutorial for list of problems.
Area of Union of Circles.
Delaunay Triangulation of n points in O(n * logn).
Voronoi Diagrams of n points in O(n * logn) using Fortune’s algorithm.
Point in a polygon problem -
O(n) solution without preprocessing.
O(logn) algorithm with O(n * logn) preprocessing for convex polygons.
Problems on computational geometry -
BSHEEP, BULK, SEGVIS, CONDUIT, RUNAWAY, DIRVS, RAIN1, SHAMAN, TCUTTER, LITE
RHOMBS, FSHEEP, FLBRKLIN, CERC07P, BAC, ALTARS, CERC07C, NECKLACE, CH3D,
RECTANGL, POLYSSQ, FOREST2, KPPOLY, RAIN2, SEGMENTS, ARCHPLG, BALLOON,
CIRCLES, COMPASS, EOWAMRT, ICERINK on SPOJ.
CultureGrowth, PolygonCover on Topcoder.
Suggested Reading - Computational Geometry: Algorithms and applications. Mark De Burg
String Algorithms
Substring search
KnuthMorrisPratt algorithm (Problems - NHAY, PERIOD on SPOJ)
Suggested Reading - Cormen chapter on Strings.
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=stringSearching
Aho Corasick algorithm
Problems - WPUZZLES on SPOJ
Suffix Arrays
https://gist.github.com/sharmaeklavya2/8aa2830f3a46a3f46ff249b4e1f07767 1/14
O(n^2 * logn) Naive method of suffix array construction

O(n) method of suffix array construction

O(n) LCA preprocess on Suffix Arrays to solve a variety of string problems
Suffix Trees
O(n) construction of Suffix trees using Ukkonon’s algorithm
O(n) construction of Suffix Trees if provided with Suffix Arrays using Farach's algorithm
Other
Suffix Automata - O(n) Suffix Automaton construction.
Dictionary Of Basic Factors - O(n * logn) method of DBF construction using Radix Sort.
Manacher’s algorithm to find length of palindromic substring of a string centered at a posi
for each position in the string. Runtime -> O(n).
Searching and preprocessing Regular Expressions consisting of '?' and '*'
Multi-dimensional pattern matching

DISUBSTR, PLD, MSTRING, REPEATS, JEWELS, ARCHIVER, PROPKEY, LITELANG, EMOTICON,
WORDS, AMCODES, UCODES, PT07H, MINSEQ, TOPALIN, BWHEELER, BEADS, SARRAY, LCS,
LCS2, SUBST1, PHRASES, PRETILE on SPOJ
http://www.algorithmist.com/index.php/Category:String_algorithms
Graphs
Basic Graphs
Representation of graphs as adjacency list, adjacency matrix, incidence matrix and edge lis
and uses of different representations in different scenarios
Breadth First Search (Problems - PPATH, ONEZERO, WATER on SPOJ)
Depth First Search
Strongly Connected Components (TOUR and BOTTOM on SPOJ)
Biconnected Components, Finding articulation points and bridges (RELINETS, PT07A on SP
Dijkstra algorithm (SHPATH on SPOJ)
Floyd Warshall algorithm (COURIER on SPOJ)
Minimum Spanning Tree (BLINNET on SPOJ)
Flood-fill algorithm
Topological sort
Bellman-Ford algorithm.
Euler Tour/Path (WORDS1 on SPOJ)
Suggested reading for most of the topics in Graph algorithms - http://www.topcoder.com/
Flow networks/ matching

Maximum flow using Ford Fulkerson Method
module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=maxFlow
problems - TAXI, POTHOLE, IM, QUEST4, MUDDY, EN, CABLETV, STEAD, NETADMIN,
COCONUTS, OPTM on SPOJ.
Maximum flow using Dinic’s Algorithm (PROFIT on spoj)
Minimum Cost Maximum Flow.
Successive Shortest path algorithm.
Cycle Cancelling algorithm - http://www.topcoder.com/tc?
module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=minimumCostFlow1
Maximum weighted Bipartite Matching (Kuhn Munkras algorithm/ Hungarian Method)
problems - GREED, SCITIES, TOURS on SPOJ | http://www.topcoder.com/stat?
c=problem_statement&pm=8143
Stoer Wagner min-cut algorithm.
Hopcroft Karp bipartite matching algorithm (ANGELS on SPOJ)
Maximum matching in general graph (blossom shrinking)
Gomory-Hu Trees (MCQUERY on Spoj)
Chinese Postman Problem
problems - http://acm.uva.es/archive/nuevoportal/data/problem.php?p=4039
Suggested Reading - http://eie507.eie.polyu.edu.hk/ss-submission/B7a/
Suggested Reading for the full category ->
Network flow - Algorithms and Applications by Ahuja
Cormen book chapter 25.
Dynamic Programming.
Suggested Reading - Dynamic Programming(DP) as a tabulation method
Cormen chapter on DP
Standard problems (you should really feel comfortable with these types)
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
State space reduction
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10902
c=problem_statement&pm=8605&rd=12012&rm=269199&cr=7581406
Solving in the reverse - easier characterizations looking from the end
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/MUSKET
Strategies and expected values
DP on probability spaces
DP on trees
c=problem_solution&rm=266678&rd=10958&pm=8266&cr=7581406
DP with data structures
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/INCSEQ/
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/INCDSEQ/
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/LIS2/
Symmetric characterization of DP state
A good collection of problems
http://codeforces.com/blog/entry/325
http://problemclassifier.appspot.com/index.jsp?search=dp
Greedy
Chapter on Greedy algorithms in Cormen
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=greedyAlg
Problems - refer to the topcoder tutorial.
Number Theory
Modulus arithmetic
Basic postulates (Including modular linear equations, Continued fraction and Pell's equatio
Suggested Reading -
Chapter 1 from Number Theory for Computing by SY Yan (Recommended)
31.1, 31.3 and 31.4 from Cormen
http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=65
Fermat's theorem, Euler Totient theorem (totient function, order, primitive

roots)
Suggested Reading
1.6, 2.2 from Number Theory by SY Yan
31.6 , 31.7 from Cormen
Problems
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/NDIVPHI/
Chinese remainder theorem

Suggested Reading
31.5 from Cormen
1.6 from Number Theory by SY Yan
Problems
Project Euler 271
Primality tests
Deterministic O(sqrt(n)) approach
Probabilistic primality tests - Fermat primality test, Miller-Rabin Primality test
Suggested Reading -
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=primalityTesting
Cormen 31.8
2.2 from Number Theory by SY Yan
Problems
PON, PRIC, SOLSTRAS on SPOJ
Prime generation techniques - Sieve of Erastothenes (PRIME1 on SPOJ)
GCD using euclidean method

Suggested Reading - 31.2 Cormen
Problems
GCD on SPOJ

module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=primalityTesting
Integer Factorization
Naive O(sqrt(n)) method
Pollard Rho factorization
Suggested Reading
2.3 from Number Theory SY Yan
31.9 Cormen
Problems -
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/DIVSUM2/
Other
Stirling numbers
Wilson theorem
nCr % p in O(p) preprocess and O(log n) query
Lucas Theorem
Suggested Reading for Number Theory -
Number theory for computing by Song Y Yan (Simple book describing concepts in det
Concepts are also superficially covered in Chapter 31 of Introduction to Algorithms by
Cormen
http://www.codechef.com/wiki/tutorial-number-theory
http://www.algorithmist.com/index.php/Category:Number_Theory
Problems on Number Theory -
http://www.algorithmist.com/index.php/Category:Number_Theory
http://problemclassifier.appspot.com/index.jsp?search=number&usr=
Math (Probability, Counting, Game Theory, Group Theory,

Generating functions, Permutation Cycles, Linear Algebra)
Probability
Basic probability and Conditional probability
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/CT16E/
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/CHICAGO/
Random variables, probability generating functions
Mathematical expectation + Linearity of expectation
Bernoulli, Binomial, Poisson, normal distribution

http://acm.sgu.ru/problem.php?contest=0&problem=498
Suggested Readings
Cormen appendix C (very basic)
Topcoder probabilty tutorial http://www.topcoder.com/tc?
module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=probabilities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_variable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_value
William Feller, An introduction to probability theory and its applications
Counting
Basic principles - Pigeon hole principle, addition, multiplication rules
Problems
http://acm.timus.ru/problem.aspx?space=1&num=1690
Suggested readings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_principles
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=combinatorics
http://www.maa.org/editorial/knot/pigeonhole.html
Inclusion-exclusion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusion–exclusion_principle
Special numbers
Stirling, eurlerian, harmonic, bernoulli, fibonnacci numbers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_number
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulerian_numbers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series\_(mathematics)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli_number
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonnaci_numbers
Concrete mathematics by Knuth
Suggested problems
Advanced counting techniques - Polya counting, burnsides lemma
http://petr-mitrichev.blogspot.com/2008/11/burnsides-lemma.html
Problems
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/TRANSP/
Game theory
Basic principles and Nim game
Sprague grundy theorem, grundy numbers
Suggested readings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprague%E2%80%93Grundy_theorem
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=algorithmGames
http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-games1
http://www.codechef.com/wiki/tutorial-game-theory
Suggested problems
Hackenbush
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackenbush
http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-partizan1
Suggested problems
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/ipsc/problems/g.html
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/PT07A/
Linear Algebra
Matrix Operations
Addition and subtraction of matrices
Cormen 28.1
Multiplication (Strassen's algorithm), logarithmic exponentiation
Cormen 28.2
Linear Algebra by Kenneth Hoffman Section 1.6
Problems
http://uva.onlinejudge.org/external/111/11149.html
Matrix transformations (Transpose, Rotation of Matrix, Representing Linea

transformations using matrix)
Suggested Reading - Linear Algebra By Kenneth Hoffman Section 3.1,3.2,3.4,3.7
Problems
28.4 Cormen
Linear Algebra by Kenneth Chapter 1
Problems
HIGH on Spoj
Solving system of linear equations

Suggested Reading
28.3 Cormen
Linear Algebra by Kenneth Chapter 1
Problems
Using matrix exponentiation to solve recurrences

Suggested Reading
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=features&d2=010408
Problems
REC, RABBIT1, PLHOP on spoj
Eigen values and Eigen vectors

Problems - http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=2423&rd=4780
Polynomials
Roots of a polynomial (Prime factorization of a polynomial, Integer roots of a polynomial, A
real roots of a polynomial)
POLYEQ , ROOTCIPH on Spoj
Lagrange Interpolation
Permutation cycles
Group Theory
Burnside Lemma
Polya’s theorem
Suggested Reading
Hernstein's topics in algebra
http://petr-mitrichev.blogspot.com/2008/11/burnsides-lemma.html
Problems
TRANSP on spoj
Generating functions
Suggested Reading
Herbert Wilf's generating functionology
Robert Sedgewick and Flajoulet's Combinatorial analysis
Data Structures
Basic
Arrays/Stacks/Queues
Problems
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/STPAR/
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/SHOP/
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/WATER/
Reading:
CLRS: section 10.1
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=dataStructures
Singly/Doubly Linked List

Problems - https://www.spoj.pl/problems/POSTERS/
Reading: CLRS: section 10.2, Mark Allen Weies Chapter 3
Hash Tables
Problems
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/HASHIT/
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/CUCKOO/
Reading: CLRS: Chapter 11, Mark Allen Weies Chapter 5
Problems - https://www.spoj.pl/problems/CTRICK/
Binary/n-ary trees
Reading
CLRS: section 10.4
CLRS: Chapter 12
Mark Allen Weies Chapter 4
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=binarySearchRedBlack
Heaps
Problems
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/PRO/
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/EXPEDI/
Reading : Mark Allen Weies Chapter 6
Trie
Problems
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/MORSE/
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/EMOTICON/
Reading
Interval trees / Segment Trees

Problems
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/ORDERS/
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/FREQUENT/
Reading
Fenwick (Binary Indexed) trees

Problems - https://www.spoj.pl/problems/MATSUM/
Reading - http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=binaryIndexedTr
Disjoint data structures

Problems
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/BLINNET/
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/CHAIN/
Reading:
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=disjointDataStructure
Problems
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/GSS1/
Reading - http://www.topcoder.com/tc?
module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=lowestCommonAncestor
Customized interval/segment trees (Augmented DS)

Problems
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/GSS3/
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/RRSCHED/
Reading: CLRS: Chapter 14 (augmented DS)
AVL Trees
Problem - https://www.spoj.pl/problems/ORDERS/
Miscellaneous
Splay Trees
B/B+ Trees
k-d Trees
Red-black Trees
Skip List
Binomial/ Fibonacci heaps
Exercices
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/LAZYPROG/ (Hint: Heaps)
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/HELPR2D2/ (Hint: Interval Trees)
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/SAM/ (Hint: Heaps)
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/PRHYME/ (Hint: Trie)
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/HEAPULM/ (Hint: Interval Trees)
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/CORNET/ (Hint: Disjoint)
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/EXPAND/
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/WPUZZLES/
https://www.spoj.pl/problems/LIS2/
Search Techniques/Bruteforce writing techniques/Randomized

algorithms.
Backtracking (beginner)
Sudoku Problem
Tiling Problem
15 puzzle.
Dancing Links and Algorithm X given by Knuth (advanced)

problems - PRLGAME, SUDOKU, NQUEEN on SPOJ
Suggested reading - http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/papers/dancing-color.ps.gz
Binary Search (beginner)

problems - AGGRCOW on SPOJ. Refer the tutorial for more problems.
finding all real roots of a polynomial using binary search (intermediate)
module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=binarySearch
Ternary Search (intermediate)

Problems
http://www.spoj.pl/problems/KPPOLY/
http://www.codechef.com/DEC09/problems/K1/
Meet in the middle (Intermediate)

problems - http://www.spoj.pl/problems/MAXISET/
Hill Climbing (Advanced)
Regular Iteration to reach a fixed point (Advanced)

Newton-Raphson method to find root of a mathematical function.
Iterations to solve linear non homogeneous system of equations.
Representing sets with bitmasks and manipulating bitmasks

(Beginner)
General programming issues in contests

Arithmetic Precision (Beginner)
module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=integersReals

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Graham Scan algorithm for Convex Hull O(n * log(n))

O(n^2 * logn) Naive method of suffix array construction

O(n) method of suffix array construction

Multi-dimensional pattern matching

Flow networks/ matching

Fermat's theorem, Euler Totient theorem (totient function, order, primitive

Chinese remainder theorem

GCD using euclidean method

Suggested Reading - http://www.topcoder.com/tc?

Math (Probability, Counting, Game Theory, Group Theory,

Bernoulli, Binomial, Poisson, normal distribution

Matrix transformations (Transpose, Rotation of Matrix, Representing Linea

Solving system of linear equations

Using matrix exponentiation to solve recurrences

Eigen values and Eigen vectors

Singly/Doubly Linked List

Interval trees / Segment Trees

Fenwick (Binary Indexed) trees

Disjoint data structures

Customized interval/segment trees (Augmented DS)

Search Techniques/Bruteforce writing techniques/Randomized

Dancing Links and Algorithm X given by Knuth (advanced)

Binary Search (beginner)

Ternary Search (intermediate)

Meet in the middle (Intermediate)

Hill Climbing (Advanced)

Regular Iteration to reach a fixed point (Advanced)

Representing sets with bitmasks and manipulating bitmasks

General programming issues in contests

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