The document discusses string matching algorithms. It begins by introducing the problem of finding a pattern string P of length M within a text string T of length N, where typically N >> M. It then describes the naive brute force approach of checking for matches at each text position, having complexity of Θ(MN). The document next introduces the Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP) algorithm, which uses a failure function to skip over parts of the text where there cannot be a match, reducing complexity to Θ(N). Finally, it covers the Rabin-Karp algorithm, which uses hashing to filter out non-matching candidates before checking for exact matches, achieving overall complexity of Θ(N).