If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

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Let’s say you’ve got a bunch of books that need to be sorted alphabetically by author. What’s the fastest way to accomplish this task? Luckily, efficient sorting is a problem that’s been studied ...

Abstract: This paper describes a fast integer sorting algorithm, herein referred to as Bit-index sort, which does not use comparisons and is intended to sort partial permutations. Experimental results ...

Network slowdowns could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a superfast new algorithm. The breakthrough offers a dramatically faster solution to a problem that has been plaguing computer scientists ...

This repository is for Java enthusiasts, algorithm aficionados, and coding enthusiasts. Here, we've curated a comprehensive collection of algorithms and coding questions implemented in Java to sharpen ...