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Assn # TOPICS PROBLEM SETS SOLUTIONS
1 Asymptotic complexity, recurrence relations, peak finding

Problem Set 1 (PDF)

Problem Set 1 Code (ZIP)

Problem Set 1 Solutions (PDF)
2 Fractal rendering, digital circuit simulation

Problem Set 2 (PDF)

Problem Set 2 Code (ZIP)

Problem Set 2 Solutions (PDF)

Problem Set 2 Code Solutions (ZIP - 7.7MB)

3 Range queries, digital circuit layout

Problem Set 3 (PDF)

Problem Set 3 Code (ZIP - 3.2MB)

Problem Set 3 Solutions (PDF)

Problem Set 3 Code Solutions (ZIP - 15.7MB)

4 Hash functions, Python dictionaries, matching DNA sequences

Problem Set 4 (PDF)

Problem Set 4 Code (GZ - 12.4MB) (kfasta.py courtesy of Kevin Kelley, and used with permission.)

Problem Set 4 Solutions (PDF)

Problem Set 4 Code Solutions (ZIP)

5 The Knight's Shield, RSA public key encryption, image decryption

Problem Set 5 (PDF)

Problem Set 5 Code (ZIP)

Problem Set 5 Grading Explanation (PDF)

Problem Set 5 Solutions (PDF)

Problem Set 5 Code Solutions (ZIP)

6 Social networks, Rubik's Cube, Dijkstra

Problem Set 6 (PDF)

Problem Set 6 Code (ZIP - 2.9MB) (nhpn.py courtesy of Punyashloka Biswal and Michael Lieberman; Pocket Cube Solver courtesy of Huan Liu and Anh Nguyen. Used with permission.)

Problem Set 6 Solutions (PDF)

Problem Set 6 Code Solutions (ZIP)

7 Seam carving, stock purchasing and knapsack

Problem Set 7 (PDF)

Seam Carving for Content-Aware Image Resizing

Problem Set 7 Code (ZIP) (Sunset image © source unknown. All rights reserved. This content is excluded from our Creative Commons license. For more information, see http://ocw.mit.edu/fairuse.)

Problem Set 7 Answer Template (ZIP)

Problem Set 7 Grading Explanation (PDF)

Problem Set 7 Solutions (PDF)

Problem Set 7 Code Solutions (ZIP)