This document discusses algorithms and their analysis. It defines an algorithm as a step-by-step procedure to solve a problem or calculate a quantity. Algorithm analysis involves evaluating memory usage and time complexity. Asymptotics, such as Big-O notation, are used to formalize the growth rates of algorithms. Common sorting algorithms like insertion sort and quicksort are analyzed using recurrence relations to determine their time complexities as O(n^2) and O(nlogn), respectively.