Abstract: Every algorithm has its own best-case as well as its worst-case scenario, so it is difficult to determine the best sorting algorithm just by its Big-O. Not only that, the amount of memory ...

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The current list of sorting algorithms is great, but it's missing Heap Sort, which is a fundamental comparison-based sorting algorithm. This issue is to implement the logic and visualization for Heap ...

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.