The document discusses the 0-1 knapsack problem and provides an example of solving it using dynamic programming. The 0-1 knapsack problem aims to maximize the total value of items selected from a list that have a total weight less than or equal to the knapsack's capacity, where each item must either be fully included or excluded. The document outlines a dynamic programming algorithm that builds a table to store the maximum value for each item subset at each possible weight, recursively considering whether or not to include each additional item.