Exponential tree
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Exponential tree | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Type | tree | ||||||||||||||||||||
Invented | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Invented by | Arne Andersson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Time complexity in big O notation | |||||||||||||||||||||
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An exponential tree is almost identical to a binary search tree, with the exception that the dimension of the tree is not the same at all levels. In a normal binary search tree, each node has a dimension (d) of 1, and has 2d children. In an exponential tree, the dimension equals the depth of the node, with the root node having a d = 1. So the second level can hold four nodes, the third can hold eight nodes, the fourth 16 nodes, and so on.
External links[]
- Faster deterministic sorting and searching in linear space (Original paper from '95)
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- Exponentials
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