Preface

  My notes on Preface

1. The idea of algorithms are pervasive, its applications can be found in just about every discipline.
2. the subject of algorithms is a powerful lens through which to view the field of computer science in general.
3. algorithmic enterprise consists of two fundamental components: the task of getting to the mathematically clean core of a problem, and then the task of identifying the appropriate algorithm design techniques, based on the structure of the problem.
4. the more familiar one is with the different possible techniques, the closer one is to the clean mathematic core of the problem.

This chapter is an overview of the algorithm design, therefore it does not address any specific issues yet. On a scale of 1-10, I give it a 5.

It is a fairly straight-forward chapter. On a scale of 1-10, I give it a 9.