A Sorting Problem and Its Complexity

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A technique for proving min-max norms of sorting algorithms is given. One new algorithm for finding the minimum and maximum elements of a set with fewest comparisons is proved optimal with this technique. © 1972, ACM. All rights reserved.

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Pohl, I. (1972). A Sorting Problem and Its Complexity. Communications of the ACM, 15(6), 462–464. https://doi.org/10.1145/361405.361423

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