Introduction to Algorithms

Cover of the second edition

Introduction to Algorithms is a book by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein. It is used as the textbook for algorithms courses at many universities.

Cormen teaches at Dartmouth College, Rivest and Leiserson teach at MIT, and Stein teaches at Columbia.

Editions

The first edition of the textbook did not include Stein as an author, and thus the book became known by the acronym CLR. After the addition of the fourth author in the second edition, many began to refer to the book as CLRS. (Although many misread it as "CLR's Second edition") This first edition of the book was also known as "The Big White Book (of Algorithms)." With the second edition, the predominant color of the cover changed to green, causing the nickname to be shortened to just "The Big Book (of Algorithms)."^[1][2]

CD-ROM

This book is also available with a companion CD-ROM including examples in Java.

Cover design

The mobile located on the cover, Big Red by Alexander Calder, can be found at the Phillips Collection, a modern art museum in Dupont Circle in Washington, DC.

References

• Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L. (1990). Introduction to Algorithms, first edition, MIT Press and McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-262-03141-8. 
• Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L.; Stein, Clifford. Introduction to Algorithms, second edition, MIT Press and McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-262-53196-8. 

1. ^ Steiner Trees: Bookstore
2. ^ Neato Tech Books (J. Blustein)

External links

• The online edition of the book, by Google
• McGraw-Hill site
• Authors' site
• Book's own site
• Via MIT OpenCourseWare: site on book-based course held by coauthor

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