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irahul on Nov 14, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Algorithms [pdf]

> Yes; reading the book cover-to-cover in ten days sounds like a fantastic way to waste ten days learning nothing.

Depends on the book and who is reading it. The OP is pursuing PhD and has computing background http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4783710

This text is covering selected undergrad topics barring the chapter on quantum algorithms(I am not sure what it is).

stephencanon on Nov 14, 2012 [–]

The chapter on quantum algorithms covers them at a level suitable for an undergraduate course (it's certainly covered in the undergrad courses at Berkeley, and hews pretty close to what we covered at Brown when I was an undergrad as well).

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