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minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThis algorithm takes K seconds where K is the value of the greatest element. This means if you just multiply everything by -1 it will take negative time to sort. Then you can simply unmultiply and read from end to beginning from now on. This is faster than having it presorted.
This algorithm takes K seconds where K is the value of the greatest element.
This means if you just multiply everything by -1 it will take negative time to sort.
Then you can simply unmultiply and read from end to beginning from now on.
This is faster than having it presorted.