Chapter One
Introduction to Dynamic
Programming
What is Dynamic Programming?
• • Problem-solving approach for optimization
• • Breaks problems into overlapping
subproblems
• • Uses memoization or tabulation to store
results
Key Concepts
• • Optimal Substructure
• • Overlapping Subproblems
• • Top-down (Memoization) and Bottom-up
(Tabulation) approaches
Benefits
• • Efficient solution to recursive problems
• • Reduces time complexity by avoiding
recomputation
• • Widely used in competitive programming
and interviews