Steven S. Skiena Miguel A.

Revilla
Department of Computer Science Department of Applied Mathematics
SUNY Stony Brook and Computer Science
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4400, USA Faculty of Sciences
skiena@programming-challenges.com University of Valladolid
Valladolid, 47011, SPAIN
revilla@programming-challenges.com

Series Editors:
David Gries Fred B. Schneider
Department of Computer Science Department of Computer Science
415 Boyd Graduate Studies Upson Hall
Research Center Cornell University
The University of Georgia Ithaca, NY 14853-7501, USA
Athens, GA 30602-7404, USA

Cover illustration: “Spectator,” by William Rose © 2002.

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Skeina, Steven S.
Programming challenges : the programming contest training manual / Steven S. Skiena,
Miguel A. Revilla.
p. cm. — (Texts in computer science)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-387-00163-8 (softcover : alk. paper)
1. Computer programming. I. Revilla, Miguel A. II. Title. III. Series.
QA76.6.S598 2003
005.1—dc21 2002044523

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