-Basic Geometry/Euclidean Geometry/ordinate Geometry/[3-D variants of everything].

1. Computational Geometry.
Graham Scan algorithm for Convex Hull O(n * log(n)).
a. Online construction of 3-D convex hull in O(n^2).
b. Bentley Ottmann algorithm to list all intersection points of n line segments in O((n + I)
* logn).
■ Suggested Reading -
1. http://softsurfer.com/Archive/algorithm_0108/algorithm_0108.htm
c. 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.
d. Line Sweep/Plane Sweep algorithms -
■ Area/Perimeter of Union of Rectangles.
■ Closest pair of points.
■ Suggested Reading -
1. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=lineSweep
■ Problems - Follow the tutorial for list of problems.
e. Area of Union of Circles.
f. Delaunay Triangulation of n points in O(n * logn).
g. Voronoi Diagrams of n points in O(n * logn) using Fortune’s algorithm.
h. Point in a polygon problem -
■ O(n) solution without preprocessing.
■ O(logn) algorithm with O(n * logn) preprocessing for convex polygons.
i. Problems on computational geometry -
■ 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 on SPOJ.
■ CultureGrowth, PolygonCover on Topcoder.
j. Suggested Reading -
■ Computational Geometry: Algorithms and applications. Mark De Burg.

To be Done till 6th may.

■ String Algorithm.
1. KnuthMorrisPratt algorithm.
a. Problems - NHAY, PERIOD on SPOJ.
b. Suggested Reading -
i. Cormen chapter on Strings.
ii. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=stringSearch
ing
2. Aho Corasick algorithm.

2. Problems - WPUZZLES on SPOJ.

a. Suffix Arrays
■ O(n^2 * logn) Naive method of suffix array construction
■ O(n * logn^2) method of suffix array construction
■ O(n * log n) 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.
b. 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.
c. Suffix Automata
■ O(n) Suffix Automaton construction.
d. Dictionary Of Basic Factors
■ O(n * log n) method of DBF construction using Radix Sort.
e. Manacher’s algorithm to find length of palindromic substring of a string centered at a
position for each position in the string. Runtime -> O(n).
f. Searching and preprocessing Regular Expressions consisting of ‘?’, ‘*’.
g. Multi-dimensional pattern matching.
h. Problems on Strings [can be solved with a variety of techniques] -
■ 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

Till 11 may.

3. Basic Graphs [beginner].

a. Representation of graphs as adjacency list, adjacency matrix, incidence matrix and edge
list and uses of different representations in different scenarios.
b. Breadth First Search.
■ problems -
1. PPATH, ONEZERO, WATER on SPOJ
c. Depth First Search.
d. Strongly Connected Components.
 ■ problems -
1. TOUR and BOTTOM on SPOJ.
e. Biconnected Components, Finding articulation points and bridges].
■ problems -
1. RELINETS, PT07A on SPOJ.
f. Dijkstra algorithm -
■ problems -
1. SHPATH on SPOJ.
g. Floyd Warshall algorithm -
■ problems -
1. COURIER on SPOJ.
h. Minimum Spanning Tree
■ problems -
1. BLINNET on SPOJ.
i. Flood-fill algorithm
j. Topological sort
k. Bellman-Ford algorithm.
l. Euler Tour/Path.
■ problems - WORDS1 on SPOJ.
m. Suggested reading for most of the topics in Graph algorithms -
■ http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=graphsDataStrucs1.
■ Also refer to the tutorial for problems concerning these techniques.
■ Cormen chapter 22 to 24.

Till 13 may.(before coming iitk it should be done :))

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4. Flow networks/ matching etc etc. [Intermediate/Advanced].
a. Maximum flow using Ford Fulkerson Method.
■ Suggested Reading -
1. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=maxFlow
■ problems - TAXI, POTHOLE, IM, QUEST4, MUDDY, EN, CABLETV, STEAD, NETADMIN, COCONUTS,
OPTM on SPOJ.
b. Maximum flow using Dinic’s Algorithm.
■ Problems - PROFIT on spoj.
c. Minimum Cost Maximum Flow.
■ Successive Shortest path algorithm.
■ Cycle Cancelling algorithm.
■ Suggested Reading -
1. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=minimumCostFlow1
d. 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
e. Stoer Wagner min-cut algorithm.
f. Hopcroft Karp bipartite matching algorithm.
1. problems - ANGELS on SPOJ.
g. Maximum matching in general graph (blossom shrinking)
h. Gomory-Hu Trees.aa
■ i) Problems - MCQUERY on Spoj.
i. 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/
j. Suggested Reading for the full category ->
■ Network flow - Algorithms and Applications by Ahuja
■ Cormen book chapter 25.

Till 20 th may.

5. Dynamic Programming.
a. Suggested Reading - Dynamic Programming(DP) as a tabulation method
■ Cormen chapter on DP
b. 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
c. State space reduction
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10902
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=3001
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8605&rd=12012&rm=269199&cr=7581406
d. Solving in the reverse - easier characterizations looking from the end
■ http://www.spoj.pl/problems/MUSKET
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=5908
e. Counting/optimizing arrangements satisfying some specified properties
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8306
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=784
■ 9Strategies and expected values
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10765&rd=14183
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10806
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=7828
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=7316
f. DP on probability spaces
 ■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=7422
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=2959
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10335
g. DP on trees
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10800
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10737
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_solution&rm=266678&rd=10958&pm=8266&cr=7581406
h. DP with data structures
■ http://www.spoj.pl/problems/INCSEQ/
■ http://www.spoj.pl/problems/INCDSEQ/
■ http://www.spoj.pl/problems/LIS2/
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=1986
i. Symmetric characterization of DP state
■ http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8610
j. A good collection of problems
■ http://codeforces.com/blog/entry/325
■ http://problemclassifier.appspot.com/index.jsp?search=dp&usr=

Till 28 th may.
6. Greedy.
a. Suggested Reading -
■ Chapter on Greedy algorithms in Cormen.
■ http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=greedyAlg
b. problems - refer to the topcoder tutorial.
7. Number Theory.
a. Modulus arithmetic - basic postulates [Including modular linear equations,Continued
fraction and Pell's equation]
■ Suggested Reading -
1. Chapter 1 from Number Theory for Computing by SY Yan [ Recommended ]
2. 31.1, 31.3 and 31.4 from Cormen
3. www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=primeNumbers
■ Problems
1. http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=64
2. http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=65
3. http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=66
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's theorem, Euler’s Totient theorem ( totient function, order , primitive roots )
■ Suggested Reading
1. 1.6, 2.2 from Number Theory by SY Yan
2. 31.6 , 31.7 from Cormen
■ Problems
1. http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=70
2. http://www.spoj.pl/problems/NDIVPHI/
c. Chinese remainder theorem
■ Suggested Reading
1. 31.5 from Cormen
2. 1.6 from Number Theory by SY Yan
■ Problems
1. Project Euler 271
2. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10551&rd=13903
d. Primality tests -
■ Deterministic O(sqrt(n) ) approach
■ Probabilistic primality tests - Fermat primality test, Miller-Rabin Primality test
1. Suggested Reading -
a. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=primalityTesting
b. Cormen 31.8
c. 2.2 from Number Theory by SY Yan
2. Problems -
a. PON, PRIC, SOLSTRAS on SPOJ
b. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=4515
e. Prime generation techniques - Sieve of Eratosthenes
■ Suggested Problems - PRIME1 on SPOJ
f. GCD using euclidean method
■ Suggested Reading
1. 31.2 Cormen
■ Problems -
1. GCD on SPOJ
2. http://uva.onlinejudge.org/external/114/11424.html
g. Logarithmic Exponentiation
■ Suggested Reading -
1. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=primalityTesting
h. Integer Factorization
■ Naive O(sqrt(n)) method
■ Pollard Rho factorization
■ Suggested Reading
1. 2.3 from Number Theory SY Yan
2. 31.9 Cormen
■ Problems -
 1. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=2986&rd=5862
2. http://www.spoj.pl/problems/DIVSUM2/
3. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=4481&rd=6538
i. Stirling numbers
j. Wilson theorem
■ nCr % p in O(p) preprocess and O(log n ) query
k. Lucas Theorem
l. Suggested Reading for Number Theory -
■ Number theory for computing by Song Y Yan [ Simple book describing concepts in
details ]
■ 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
m. Problems on Number Theory -
■ http://www.algorithmist.com/index.php/Category:Number_Theory
■ http://problemclassifier.appspot.com/index.jsp?search=number&usr=
Till 6th june.
8. Math (Probability, Counting, Game Theory, Group Theory, Generating functions, Permutation
Cycles, Linear Algebra)
a. Probability.
Syllabus
■ Basic probability and Conditional probability
1. Suggested problems
a. http://www.spoj.pl/problems/CT16E/
b. http://www.spoj.pl/problems/CHICAGO/
■ Random variables, probability generating functions
■ Mathematical expectation + Linearity of expectation
1. Suggested problems
a. http://www.spoj.pl/problems/FAVDICE/
b. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10744
■ Special discrete and continuous probability distributions
1. Bernoulli, Binomial, Poisson, normal distribution
2. Suggested Problem
a. http://acm.sgu.ru/problem.php?contest=0&problem=498
■ Suggested Readings
1. Cormen appendix C (very basic)
2. Topcoder probabilty tutorial
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. William Feller, An introduction to probability theory and its applications
b. Counting
Syllabus
■ Basic principles - Pigeon hole principle, addition, multiplication rules
1. Suggested problems
a. http://acm.timus.ru/problem.aspx?space=1&num=1690
b. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10805
3. Suggested readings
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
■ Inclusion-exclusion
1. Suggested readings
a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusion–exclusion_principle
2. Suggested problems
a. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=4463&rd=6536
b. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10238
■ Special numbers
1. Suggested reading - Stirling, eulerian, harmonic, bernoulli, fibonacci 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. Concrete mathematics by Knuth
2. Suggested problems
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
■ Advanced counting techniques - Polya counting, burnside lemma
1. Suggested reading
a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside's_lemma
b. http://petr-mitrichev.blogspot.com/2008/11/burnsides-lemma.html
 2. Suggested Problems
a. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=9975
b. http://www.spoj.pl/problems/TRANSP/
c. Game theory
Syllabus
■ Basic principles and Nim game
1. Sprague grundy theorem, grundy numbers
2. Suggested readings
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/feature-column/fcarc-games1
d. http://www.codechef.com/wiki/tutorial-game-theory
3. Suggested problems
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. Suggested readings
a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackenbush
b. http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-partizan1
2. Suggested problems
a. http://www.cs.caltech.edu/ipsc/problems/g.html
b. http://www.spoj.pl/problems/PT07A/
d. Linear Algebra
Syllabus
■ Matrix Operations
1. Addition and subtraction of matrices
a. Suggested Reading
i. Cormen 28.1
2. Multiplication ( Strassen's algorithm ), logarithmic exponentiation
a. Suggested reading
i. Cormen 28.2
ii. Linear Algebra by Kenneth Hoffman Section 1.6
b. Problems
i. http://uva.onlinejudge.org/external/111/11149.html
3. Matrix transformations [ Transpose, Rotation of Matrix, Representing Linear
transformations using matrix ]
a. Suggested Reading
i. Linear Algebra By Kenneth Hoffman Section 3.1,3.2,3.4,3.7
b. Problems
i. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=6877
ii. JPIX on Spoj
4. Determinant , Rank and Inverse of Matrix [ Gaussian Elimination , Gauss Jordan
Elimination]
a. Suggested Reading
i. 28.4 Cormen
ii. Linear Algebra by Kenneth Chapter 1
b. Problems
i. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8174
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. HIGH on Spoj
5. Solving system of linear equations
a. Suggested Reading
i. 28.3 Cormen
ii. Linear Algebra by Kenneth Chapter 1
b. Problems -
i. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=3942&rd=6520
6. Using matrix exponentiation to solve recurrences
a. Suggested Reading
i. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=features&d2=010408
b. Problems
i. REC, RABBIT1 , PLHOP on spoj
ii. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=6386 ,
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=7262,
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=6877
7. Eigenvalues and Eigen-vectors
a. Problems
i. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=2423&rd=4780
■ Polynomials
 1. Roots of a polynomial [ Prime factorization of a polynomial, Integer roots of
a polynomial, All real roots of a polynomial ]
a. Problems
i. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8273&rd=10798
ii. POLYEQ , ROOTCIPH on Spoj
2. Lagrange Interpolation
a. Problems
i. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10239
ii. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=8725
e. Permutation cycles
■ Suggested Reading
1. Art of Computer Programming by Knuth Vol. 3
■ Problems
1. ShuffleMethod, Permutation and WordGame on topcoder.
f. Group Theory
■ Burnside Lemma, Polya’s theorem
1. Suggested Reading
a. Hernstein's topics in algebra
b. http://petr-mitrichev.blogspot.com/2008/11/burnsides-lemma.html
2. Problems
a. TRANSP on spoj
b. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=9975
b. Generating functions
■ Suggested Reading
1. Herbert Wilf's generating functionology/
2. Robert Sedgewick and Flajoulet's Combinatorial analysis

9. Data Structures.
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: section 10.1
2. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=dataStructures

b. Singly/Doubly Linked List :

■ Problems
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/POSTERS/
■ Reading: CLRS: section 10.2, Mark Allen Weiess Chapter 3
c. Hash Tables :
■ Problems
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/HASHIT/
2. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/CUCKOO/
■ Reading: CLRS: Chapter 11, Mark Allen Weiess Chapter 5
d. Circular linked list / queue
■ Problems
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/CTRICK/
e. Binary/nary Trees
■ Reading
1. CLRS: section 10.4
2. CLRS: Chapter 12
3. Mark Allen Weiess Chapter 4
4. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=binarySearchRedBlack
f. Heaps
■ Problems
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/PRO/
2. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/EXPEDI/
■ Reading : Mark Allen Weiess Chapter 6
ii. Advanced
a. Trie (Keyword tre
■ Problems
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/MORSE/
2. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/EMOTICON/
■ Reading
b. Interval trees / Segment Trees
■ Problems
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/ORDERS/
2. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/FREQUENT/
■ Reading
c. Fenwick(Binary Indexed) trees
■ Problems
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/MATSUM/
 ■ Reading: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=binaryIndexedTrees
d. Disjoint data structures
■ 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. Mark Allen Weiess Chapter 8
e. Range minimum Query(RMQ)
■ Problems
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/GSS1/
■ Reading
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=lowestCommonAncestor
f. Customized interval/segment trees (Augmented DS)
■ Problems
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/GSS3/
2. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/RRSCHED/
■ Reading: CLRS: Chapter 14 (augmented DS)
g. AVL Trees
■ Problems
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/ORDERS/
■ Reading

iii. Miscellaneous (Not to be covered)

a. Splay Trees
b. B/B+ Trees
c. k-d Trees
d. Red-black Trees
e. Skip List
f. Binomial/Fibonacci heaps

iv. Exercises
1. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/LAZYPROG/ (Hint: Heaps)t
2. https://www.spoj.pl/problems/HELPR2D2/ (Hint: Interval Trees)
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: Interval Trees)
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. Search Techniques/Bruteforce writing techniques/Randomized algorithms.

a. Backtracking - [Beginner].
■ problems ->
1. N queens problems
2. Knight’s Tour
3. Sudoku Problem
4. Tiling Problem.
5. 15 puzzle.
b. Dancing Links and Algorithm X given by Knuth - [Advanced]
■ problems - PRLGAME, SUDOKU, NQUEEN on SPOJ
■ Suggested reading -
1. http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/papers/dancing-color.ps.gz
c. Binary Search - [Beginner].
■ problems - AGGRCOW on SPOJ. Refer the tutorial for more problems.
■ finding all real roots of a polynomial using binary search. [intermediate].
■ Suggested Reading -
1. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=binarySearch
d. Ternary Search - [Intermediate].
■ problems -
1. http://www.spoj.pl/problems/KPPOLY/
2. http://www.codechef.com/DEC09/problems/K1/
3. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=4705&rd=7993
4. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=7741&rd=10671
5. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=6464&rd=9994
6. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=3501&rd=6529
7. http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=4567&rd=6539
e. Meet in the middle [Intermediate].
■ problems -
1. http://www.spoj.pl/problems/MAXISET/
2. Hill Climbing [Advanced].
f. 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.
General programming issues in contests ->
g. Arithmetic Precision - [Beginner].
■ Suggested Reading -
 1. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=integersReals
h. Representing sets with bitmasks and manipulating bitmasks - [Beginner].
■ Suggested Reading -
1. http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=bitManipulation
■ problems - refer to the tutorial link in Suggested reading section.