Bronze
The topics below are not exhaustive for this division.
Contest problems may contain topics not covered in the guide, or topics listed under different divisions!
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Basics
Time Complexity
Measuring the number of operations an algorithm performs.
Updated: 6 days ago
Rectangle Geometry
Not Frequent
Problems involving rectangles whose sides are parallel to the coordinate axes.
Simulation
Very Frequent
Directly simulating the problem statement, which many Bronze problems allow you to do.
Complete Search
Solving Bronze problems by checking all possible cases in the solution space.
Data Structures
It's not strictly necessary to know any data structures aside from arrays for Bronze, but it definitely helps.
Introduction to Data Structures
Introduces the concept of a data structure, (dynamic) arrays, pairs, tuples.
Introduction to Sorting
Not Frequent
Sorting, and maintaining collections of distinct elements with ordered sets.
Introduction to Sets & Maps
Not Frequent
Sorting, and maintaining collections of distinct elements with ordered sets.
Additional
Topics not strictly necessary to know to pass Bronze.
Ad Hoc Problems
Rare
Problems that don't fall under any well-defined category.
Introduction to Greedy Algorithms
Not Frequent
Selecting the choice that seems to be the best at the moment at every step of your algorithm.
Introduction to Graphs
Somewhat Frequent
Visualizing problems as graphs with resources covering basic terminology.
Updated: Last week