Table of Contents

1.1 Getting started
1.2 Classes and objects
1.3 Strings, wrappers, arrays, and enum types
1.4 Expressions
1.5 Control flow
1.6 Simple input and output
1.7 An example program
1.8 Packages and imports
1.9 Software development
1.10 Exercises
1.11 Chapter notes

2.1 Goals, principles, and patterns
2.2 Inheritance
2.3 Interfaces and abstract classes
2.4 Exceptions
2.5 Casting and generics
2.6 Nested classes
2.7 Exercises
2.8 Chapter notes

3.1 Using an array
3.2 Sorting an array
3.3 java.util methods for arrays and random numbers
3.4 Simple cryptography with character arrays
3.5 Two-dimensional arrays
3.6 Singly linked lists
3.7 Circularly linked lists
3.8 Doubly linked lists
3.9 Equivalence testing
3.10 Cloning data structures
3.11 Exercises
3.12 Chapter notes

4.1 Experimental studies
4.2 The seven functions used in this book
4.3 Asymptotic analysis
4.4 Simple justification techniques
4.5 Exercises
4.6 Chapter notes

5.1 Illustrative examples
5.2 Analyzing recursive algorithms
5.3 Designing recursive algorithms
5.4 Recursion run amok
5.5 Eliminating tail recursion
5.6 Exercises
5.7 Chapter notes

6.1 Stacks
6.2 Queues
6.3 Double-ended queues
6.4 Exercises
6.5 Chapter notes

7.1 The list ADT
7.2 Array lists
7.3 Positional lists
7.4 Iterators
7.5 The Java Collections Framework
7.6 Sorting a positional list
7.7 Case study: Maintaining access frequencies
7.8 Exercises
7.9 Chapter notes

8.1 General trees
8.2 Binary trees
8.3 Implementing trees
8.4 Tree traversal algorithms
8.5 Exercises
8.6 Chapter notes

9.1 The priority queue abstract data type
9.2 Implementing a priority queue
9.3 Heaps
9.4 Sorting with a priority queue
9.5 Adaptable priority queues
9.6 Exercises
9.7 Chapter notes

10.1 Maps
10.2 Hash tables
10.3 Sorted maps
10.4 Skip lists
10.5 Sets, multisets, and multimaps
10.6 Exercises
10.7 Chapter notes

11.1 Binary search trees
11.2 Balanced search trees
11.3 AVL trees
11.4 Splay trees
11.5 (2,4) trees
11.6 Red-black trees
11.7 Exercises
11.8 Chapter notes

12.1 Merge-sort
12.2 Quick-sort
12.3 Studying sorting through an algorithmic lens
12.4 Comparing sorting algorithms
12.5 Selection
12.6 Exercises
12.7 Chapter notes

13.1 Abundance of digitized text
13.2 Pattern-matching algorithms
13.3 Tries
13.4 Text compression and the greedy method
13.5 Dynamic programming
13.6 Exercises
13.7 Chapter notes

14.1 Graphs
14.2 Data structures for graphs
14.3 Graph traversals
14.4 Transitive closure
14.5 Directed acyclic graphs
14.6 Shortest paths
14.7 Minimum spanning trees
14.8 Exercises
14.9 Chapter notes

15.1 Memory management
15.2 Memory hierarchies and caching
15.3 External searching and B-trees
15.4 External-memory sorting
15.5 Exercises
15.6 Chapter notes

16.1 Useful mathematical facts

17.1 Bibliography

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