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Computer science
On the upper bound of the complexity of sorting
I. S. Sergeev Research Institute "Kvant", Moscow
Abstract:
It is shown that $\log_2(n!)+o(n)$ pairwise comparisons is sufficient for sorting any subset of $n$ elements of a linearly ordered set.
Key words:
sorting, complexity, decision tree, partial order, simplex.
Received: 18.09.2019 Revised: 23.07.2020 Accepted: 16.09.2020
Citation:
I. S. Sergeev, “On the upper bound of the complexity of sorting”, Zh. Vychisl. Mat. Mat. Fiz., 61:2 (2021), 345–362; Comput. Math. Math. Phys., 61:2 (2021), 329–346
Linking options:
https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/zvmmf11203 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/zvmmf/v61/i2/p345
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