pairing heap
A pairing heap is a type of heap data structure that supports efficient insertion, deletion, and finding the minimum element in constant amortized time. It is built using a binary tree where each node can have multiple children. The pairing heap achieves its efficiency by utilizing a pairwise combination operation during the merge process, which reduces the number of comparisons required. Overall, pairing heap provides a flexible and efficient way to manage a collection of elements with a priority-based ordering.
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