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TR20-096 | 22nd June 2020 15:49

On the asymptotic complexity of sorting

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TR20-096
Authors: Igor Sergeev
Publication: 24th June 2020 20:41
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Abstract:

We investigate the number of pairwise comparisons sufficient to sort $n$ elements chosen from a linearly ordered set. This number is shown to be $\log_2(n!) + o(n)$ thus improving over the previously known upper bounds of the form $\log_2(n!) + \Theta(n)$. The new bound is achieved by the proposed group insertion sorting algorithm.



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