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Algorithms and Search

Use one bounded CS branch where sorting and binary search keep list structure, local decisions, and cost visible on the same live bench.

This topic is intentionally small, but it uses the same product seams as the other subjects. Sorting and Algorithmic Trade-offs keeps a live list, local comparisons, and running cost together, and Binary Search / Halving the Search Space reuses that same list language while ordered data and shrinking intervals stay visible.

Canonical topic: Algorithms and Search

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Sorting and Algorithmic Trade-offs

Watch sorting as visible work on a live list so input order, comparisons, and writes stay concrete instead of collapsing into one final answer.

Sorting as visible work

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Sorting as a processComparisons and writesInput order matters
Open concept
Best firstNot startedMastery: New

Binary Search / Halving the Search Space

Keep an ordered list, the low-mid-high markers, and the shrinking interval visible together so binary search feels visual instead of procedural.

Halving an ordered interval

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Ordered data mattersLow mid highHalving the interval
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Starter track2 concepts46 min2 checkpoints

Start with sorting as visible work on a live list, then reuse the same list language to understand binary search as halving the search space.

Visible sorting workComparisons and writes

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2Binary Search / Halving the Search Space
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Sorting and Algorithmic Trade-offs opens this track and sets up the rest of the path.

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Group 01

Sorting as visible work

Start with one live list where comparisons, writes, and remaining disorder stay visible together.

1 concepts24 min
Computer ScienceAlgorithms and SearchBest firstIntro24 minNot startedMastery: New

Sorting and Algorithmic Trade-offs

Watch sorting as visible work on a live list so input order, comparisons, and writes stay concrete instead of collapsing into one final answer.

Strong first stop for getting into this topic without scanning the whole library.

Algorithms and Search Foundations - 1/2
Sorting as a processComparisons and writes

Group 02

Halving the search space

Then reuse the same list language while low, mid, and high keep shrinking an ordered interval.

1 concepts22 min
Computer ScienceAlgorithms and SearchBest firstIntro22 minNot startedMastery: New

Binary Search / Halving the Search Space

Keep an ordered list, the low-mid-high markers, and the shrinking interval visible together so binary search feels visual instead of procedural.

Strong first stop for getting into this topic without scanning the whole library.

Algorithms and Search Foundations - 2/2
Ordered data mattersLow mid high