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manjunath5496/Algorithm-Books

★ 358 · updated Feb 2020

"Algorithms are not arbiters of objective truth and fairness simply because they're math."― Zoe Quinn

A GitHub repo that is just a pile of PDFs — algorithm textbooks and competitive programming books dumped into a flat directory with sequential filenames like cp(1).pdf through cp(70).pdf. No index, no descriptions, no way to know what any file contains without downloading it. For someone who wants a offline algorithm book collection and doesn't mind the archaeology.

The sheer volume is real — 70+ books covering competitive programming and algorithms is a meaningful collection if these are quality texts. The README's algorithm timeline from Babylonian clay tablets to modern ML is actually well-researched and could serve as a quick historical reference. Zero setup required; it's just files.

The filenames are useless — cp(1).pdf through cp(70).pdf tells you nothing about what's inside, and there's no manifest or table of contents anywhere. Last touched in 2020 and clearly abandoned. Distributing copyrighted PDFs in bulk is legally questionable, which means the repo could disappear without notice. One file is a .rar archive in 2020, which is a choice.

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