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12 Post author: TylerJay 29 January 2014 01:32AM

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Comment author: gjm 29 January 2014 10:03:57AM 0 points [-]

How much of a mathematician are you? I would recommend Cormen et al on its own only to people with a strong mathematical background and plenty of talent. I like the idea of Cormen et al + Skiena together (and I'm pretty sure I said so in that thread) but don't have actual evidence on how well that works in practice.