Question

I am thinking of buying an algorithms book in order to properly prepare myself for the balkan olympiad on informatics.I am between algorithms (Dasgupta,Papadimitriou) http://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Sanjoy-Dasgupta/dp/0073523402/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1341236048&sr=1-1&keywords=algorithms+dasgupta and introduction to algorithms aka CLRS http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-Thomas-H-Cormen/dp/0262033844/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1341236078&sr=1-1&keywords=clrs+introduction+to+algorithms i can afford to buy one of them, what do you suggest?

Answer 1

Here are free options: https://www.coursera.org/course/algs4partI https://www.coursera.org/course/algs4partII https://www.coursera.org/course/algo

Answer 2

i think i have a solution for you... send me pm

Answer 3

but to answer you, even if papadimitriou is excellent clrs is the bible for these things. pm for an alternative choice

Answer 4

Introduction to Algorithms is an excellent choice from MIT Press.

Answer 5

Algorithms Sanjoy Dasgupta

Answer 6

Buy from an Indian website that ships to everywhere in the world like http://www.flipkart.com/ and you can afford both !