MIT 6.046J / 18.410J Introduction to Algorithms - Fall 2005

Lecture 4: Quicksort, Randomized Algorithms

author: Charles E. Leiserson, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
recorded by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
published: Feb. 10, 2009, recorded: September 2005, views: 62649
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