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The primary topics in this part of the specialization are: asymptotic ("Big-oh") notation, sorting and searching, divide and conquer (master method, integer and matrix multiplication, closest pair), and randomized algorithms (QuickSort, contraction algorithm for min cuts)....

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KS

Sep 13, 2018

Well researched. Topics covered well, with walkthrough for exam.le cases for each new introduced algorithm. Great experience, learned a lot of important algorithms and algorithmic thinking practices.

DT

May 26, 2020

Thank you for teaching me this course. I learned a lot of new things, including Divide-and-Conquer, MergeSort, QuickSort, and Randomization Algorithms, along with proof for their asymptotic runtime

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By Amarth C

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Aug 24, 2017

Professor's awesome, but some part he speaks a little bit fast, for non-native speaker it asks extra work to fully understand.

By Solomon B

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Mar 11, 2017

Excellent course. The statistical analysis was a little too fast and overwhelming towards the end but overall I learned a lot.

By Arjun B

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Jul 25, 2020

Despite of being an online course i learnt more than i ever could from my current college curriculum. Cheers to the concepts!

By Ehsan F

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Dec 4, 2018

This course was a real one. The only feeling I had afterwards was that I wish I could meet him in person. He is just awesome.

By Venu R

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Jan 18, 2017

It's an amazing introduction to algorithms. I enjoyed listening to the lectures. All the algorithms were explained in detail.

By Oliver K

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Aug 8, 2024

Great introduction into algorithms, excellent choice of examples and good explanation of the correctness and runtime proofs.

By Antonio C C

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Aug 6, 2023

Great introduction to algorithms. Very clear lectures. The programming exercises are very useful to sediment the knowledge.

By Abdulkareem O

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Jan 3, 2021

This course is so amazing. Even though I am a beginner but I could understand it and everything went as good as I expected.

By alberto m

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Dec 27, 2020

tim roughgarden was amazing. he is so enthusiast and transmit that to people. great I will delve deeper into this for sure.

By PATEL J Y

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Mar 19, 2020

Very Nice course for a newbie like me to mastering algorithms. I want to thank you institute for making this course for us.

By Aishwarya R

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Jun 20, 2019

Learnt about Merge Sort, Quick Sort, Randomization Algorithms, Selection, Graphs, Min-cut. Thank you Prof. Roughgarden :)

By Rahul K

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Feb 7, 2020

This course really give the idea how to approach the problem and analyse it and find the most efficient way to solve it.

By Aksheshkumar S

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May 26, 2020

really an amazing course and have covered the content very nicely and the programming assignments are also very helpful

By Gaurav R

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Nov 13, 2019

The course is not an easy one but if done earnestly will help the learner a lot in developing a mindset for algorithms.

By TianJie S

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May 12, 2019

very tough and challenging course. The professor explains very detailed mathematics analysis underlying each algorithm

By Michal F

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Aug 13, 2018

Well-balanced course in terms of difficulty, theory level and practicality. Final exam could have been more difficult.

By ADITYA R

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Nov 13, 2022

Great course for algorithm, specially the number of questions covered throughout the course in every topic is amazing

By Jayesh B

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May 10, 2022

It was a good one and helped me in understanding the concept easily. Thank you Coursera for the valuable information.

By Arju A

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May 30, 2020

English got a bit tough for non-native speaker sometimes, but it required brainstorming and that's why a good course.

By Raghuram B

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Aug 6, 2019

Best Course for Programmers. But this course needs some programming prerequisites to understand the concepts clearly.

By Liu X

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Mar 2, 2018

Good course to get started with algorithms. I am already a programer, and still learn a lot from this course. Thanks!

By Rihards J

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Dec 19, 2020

Great course for those who would like to become better developers and learn basics of data structures and algorithms

By Daniel R

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Aug 16, 2019

Although some concepts were a bit too hard to chew, this is a great start for someone who's new to computer science.

By Pritam B

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Oct 13, 2017

The course is really good. Helping me to grasp the basic concepts of algorithm and to refresh the algorithms skills.

By Janis S

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Sep 25, 2020

excellent content. Learned a lot! Proofs can be a bit dull at times. But that probably simply lies in their nature.