Silver

Introduction to Prefix Sums

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Computing range sum queries in constant time over a fixed 1D array.

More on Prefix Sums

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Max subarray sum, prefix sums in two dimensions, and a more complicated example.
Updated: 2 weeks ago

Custom Comparators and Coordinate Compression

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Using a custom comparator to sort custom objects or values in a non-default order, and compressing values from a large range to a smaller one.

Two Pointers

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Iterating two monotonic pointers across an array to search for a pair of indices satisfying some condition in linear time.

More Operations on Sorted Sets

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Finding the next element smaller or larger than a specified key in a set, and using iterators with sets.

(Optional) C++ Sets with Custom Comparators

Rare

Incorporating custom comparators into standard library containers.

Greedy Algorithms with Sorting

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Solving greedy problems by sorting the input.

Binary Search

Somewhat Frequent

Binary searching on arbitrary monotonic functions and built-in functions for binary search.

Graph Traversal

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Traversing a graph with depth first search and breadth first search.
Updated: 2 weeks ago

Flood Fill

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Finding connected components in a graph represented by a grid.

Introduction to Tree Algorithms

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Introducing a special type of graph: trees.

Introduction to Functional Graphs

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Directed graphs in which every vertex has exactly one outgoing edge.

Intro to Bitwise Operators

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Six bitwise operators and the common ways they are used.
Updated: Last week

Additional Practice for USACO Silver

Final tips for Silver and additional practice problems.