The 1973 paper that introduced this algorithm discusses Lewis Carroll's denouncement of an "unfair method" of determining the second-best player of a lawn tennis tournament.
The 1973 paper that introduced this algorithm discusses Lewis Carroll's denouncement of an "unfair method" of determining the second-best player of a lawn tennis tournament. This algorithm is only practical for datasets where the number of elements is greater than 4,000,000 since its running time grows on the order of 22n. The simplified recurrence relation for this algorithm is "T of n, is equal to T of n times two tenths plus T of n times seven tenths plus c times n". Manuel Blum, one of the namesakes of the RSA algorithm, Robert Tarjan, R.W. Floyd et al. introduced this algorithm, which begins by partitioning a list into groups of five. Though this algorithm has a linear runtime, randomized quickselect is often used instead since this algorithm's overhead is so high. For 10 points, name this algorithm that, as its name indicates, choose the middle element of a list of approximately "middle elements".
The 1973 paper that introduced this algorithm discusses Lewis Carroll's denouncement of an "unfair method" of determining the second-best player of a lawn tennis tournament.
median of medians algorithm [prompt on medians selection algorithm; prompt on quickselect before quickselect is mentioned.]