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This video shows the URL for printed material that accompanies the course, and a URL for more advanced lectures on material that overlaps and extends the course. The URL for printed course material is: www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~gusfield/itunesU The URL for more advanced lectures is: www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~gusfield/cs222f07/videolist.html
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