Status 20110923(a)

Finished in my head : 7.2-4, 7.2-5, 7.4-2, 8.2-1, 8.3-1, 8.3-4, 18.1-1, 18.1-2, 18.2-1

Browse reading: 813/1144

Exercises up to 4-4.5

Revisit : 4.2-{3-5}, 4-4.3 after section 4.5

Checking up to P2.1

Needs write up: 2-3.7 (nice solution using merging), P2.1c, 3-2.4, 3-2.8, P3.1

Exercises checked: 2.1-2, 2.1-3, 2.2-{1,4}, 2.3-{3,7}

Exercises which are finished but not on paper: 1.1-2, 1.2-2, 1.2-3, P1-1, The whole Section 4.4 except 4.4-3, 4.5-{1,3}, P4.4(a-c), P4.6b, 5.1-{1,2}, whole Section 6.1, 6.2-{1,2,4,5,6}, 6.3-1, whole Section 7.1, 7.2-{1-5}, whole Section 7.3 and 7.4.{2,3}, 8.2-1, 8.3-1, 8.3-4, , 10.1-{1-4,6,7}, 10.2-{1,2,6,7}, 12.1-{1,2,3,4} 12.2-{1,2,3,5,6},12.3-{2-4} 12.4-4, P12-1a, P12.4(a),13.2-2, 15-1.1, 15.1-3, 15.3-3, 15.5, 17-1.1, 18.1-1, 18.1-2, 18.2-1, 21-1.1, 21-1.2, 22-1.{1-3,6,7}, 23.1-1 and 23.1-3, P30-1{a,b}, P30-2b, 30-1.1, 31-1.{1-7}, 32.1-{1,2}, A.1-{1,2,3,4,5,7}, C.1-{2,4,5,7,8,9,14}, C.2-{1,2,4,5}, C.3-{1,2,10}, all in D.1. and D.2-2. 

Reread Chapter 18

As it turns out Chapter 18 only less than 20 pages.  While it's still more in-depth than many discussions of balanced trees, one can see the authors are not big on this topic (like deletion is not even described and left for the author).

In any case,  though the algorithm is more difficult than a binary tree.  It is much easier to understand than red-black tree.  More importantly - it is simpler to visualize what really going on.  So I decide to skip the algorithmic description for the moment.

status 20110715

Read Chapter 18.  Didn't grok. But I will go forward.

Browse reading: 505/1144
Exercises up to 4-3.2

Revisit : 4.2-{3-5} after section 4.5

Checking up to P2.1

Needs write up: 2-3.7 (nice solution using merging), P2.1c, 3-2.4, 3-2.8, P3.1

Exercises checked: 2.1-2, 2.1-3, 2.2-{1,4}, 2.3-{3,7}

Exercises which are finished but not on paper: 1.1-2, 1.2-2, 1.2-3, P1-1, 4.3-{2,3,4,5,6,9}, The whole Section 4.4, 4.5-{1,3}, P4.4(a-c), P4.6b, 5.1-{1,2}, whole Section 6.1, 6.2-{1,2,4,5,6}, 6.3-1, whole Section 7.1, 7.2-{1-3}, whole Section 7.3 and 7.4.3, 10.1-{1-4,6,7}, 10.2-{1,2,6,7}, 12.1-{1,2,3,4} 12.2-{1,2,3,6}, 12.4-4, P12.4(a), 15-1.1, 15.1-3, 15.3-3, 15.5, 17-1.1, A.1-{1,2,3,4,5,7},  C.1-{2,4,5,7,8,9,14}, C.2-{1,2,4,5}, C.3-{1,2,10}, all in D.1. and D.2-2.