Finding Solutions to "Introduction to Algorithms" Exercises

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In summary, the conversation discusses the frustration of not having corrections for the exercises in the book "Introduction to algorithms" by Cormen, Rivest, Stein and Leiserson. The speaker mentions finding corrections online, but only a few of them. They also mention the possibility of finding solutions on the MIT Press website or through Google search, but suggest figuring them out on one's own. Lastly, they jokingly suggest hiring a grad student for help.
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Hi,
I'm studying algorithmic on "Introduction to algorithms" by Cormen, Rivest, Stein and Leiserson.
This book is very well done and proposes more than a thousand exercises, but the point is these exercises are not corrected. It enables us to really search them, but it is frustrating when you search an exercise and don't find it.

I found some corrections on the Internet, but few of them only.

Would anyone know whether it is possible to have more corrections please?

thank you
 
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by corrections you mean solutions right?

Because sometimes books do provide solutions to exercises at end the book but often the solutions are not entirely correct and so online you might find errata pages for the book submitted by knowledgeable readers that indicate where the book solution was wrong and what the correction you need to make to the book's solution to make it correct.

wikipedia has a reference to this book:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Algorithms

and to the MIT Press website where select solutions are published

http://mitpress.mit.edu/algorithms/#solutions

for those missing solutions, I think you'll just have to GOOGLE search them or better yet figure them out
for yourself.

Unless of course you're an instructor and can get access to the instructors manual or hire
a poor grad student pay him minimally and/or provide free snacks and he'll figure them out for you.
 
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I think I'm gone pay myself snacks then ! ;)
 

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1. How do I approach solving exercises in "Introduction to Algorithms"?

There is no one set approach to solving exercises in "Introduction to Algorithms". However, some tips include: understanding the problem, breaking it down into smaller parts, trying out different strategies, and using prior knowledge from the textbook.

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